Italy seemed poised to veer right as firebrand politician Giorgia Meloni held a wide lead in the country’s elections on Sunday.
held a wide lead in the country’s elections on Sunday and was expected to become its next prime minister based on exit polling.
Meloni’s possible elevation to top leader in Italy would make her the most far-right politician to take the top office since the end of World War II. She would also be the first woman to hold the position. She’s defended Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban after the European Commission suggested stopping billions of funds to the country due to worries about the weakening of the county’s democratic values and mismanaging EU money.Brothers of Italy was created out of the legacy of a neo-fascist party formed shortly after the war by nostalgists of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
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