Is Italy heading for its first hard right leader since Mussolini?
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The Times
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🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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The hard right is on the rise in Italy. Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party is tipped to win Sunday’s general election. If it does, she’ll become Italy’s first female prime minister - and the first hard right leader since the Second World War. So who is she? And what does her popularity tell us about the legacy of Italy’s fascist past?
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| 1:06.0 | In recent years, across Europe, we've been witnessing the rise of the far right. |
| 1:12.0 | The most likely scenario is racquan against Le Pen. |
| 1:16.0 | She's had a good run in the past few days. |
| 1:18.0 | Her thin defeat emits to surge from the far right. |
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