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Explainer: Rightist alliance set for Italian election victory
  + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
REUTERS/Yara NardiROME, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Italy votes in a national election on Sunday that could herald its most right-wing government since World War Two, led by its first woman prime minister. read moreThe vote was called after infighting brought down Prime Minister Mario Draghi's national unity government in July. Before then they had consistently shown that a rightist coalition led by the nationalist Brothers of Italy party and also involving the League party and Forza Italia was on course for a clear victory. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterBrothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni would be the likely choice for prime minister as head of the main coalition party. Prime minister from 2018-21, he provoked anger when his party withdrew support for Draghi's government in July, sparking divisions that led to the early election.
Leader of Italy's nationalist Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) party and frontrunner to become prime minister Giorgia Meloni, holds a closing rally in Naples, Italy, September 23, 2022. Fast forward three years, and the nationalist leader is also poised to become Italy's first female prime minister. It is from tomorrow that we must prove our worth," the 45-year-old Meloni told party faithful early Monday morning. All the tough talking inevitably draws comparisons in the Italian press between Meloni and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Just as Thatcher shattered Britain's glass ceiling to top office 43 years ago, so Meloni looks set to follow suit in Italy.
Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who is leading in opinion polls ahead of Sept. 25 parliamentary elections, insists she won’t be a danger to democracy if she becomes premier, contending that the Italian political right has “unambiguously” condemned the legacy of fascism. Meloni made the comments in a message recorded in English, French and Spanish, and distributed Wednesday by her campaign. Fratelli D'Italia party leader Giorgia Meloni at an election rally in Piazza Roma in Monza, Italy, on May 30. Meloni has been dogged by criticism that she has been ambiguous about denouncing Italy’s fascist past. Recent opinion polls have indicated Meloni’s support among eligible voters slightly ahead of her main rival in the election, Democratic Party leader Enrico Letta, a former premier.
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