Berlusconi

2022 - 9 - 25

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Italy: internal rivalry could threaten the stability of a Meloni-led coalition (The Guardian)

Matteo Salvini has described Giorgia Meloni as a 'pain in the ass', while Silvio Berlusconi is rumoured to be unsupportive.

“Salvini is in decline, and for a megalomaniac like him, this [would] be unbearable, so it’s probable that there will be psychological tension.” In October last year, after Brothers of Italy managed to draw votes away from the League in its northern strongholds in local elections, “And also what we’re seeing is political parties becoming very popular very quickly, but equally quickly going down in the polls. Meloni has pledged that her government would continue to support the sanctions, while Salvini has criticised them for “bringing One of her most important decisions will be who takes the helm at the finance ministry. Giorgia Meloni has spent three decades fighting her way to the top of Italian politics.

Italy heads to the polls in election that could see the far-right come to ... (Euronews)

The right-wing alliance is formed by Fratelli d'Italia or Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni, Lega leader Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, the three- ...

Opinion polls found Draghi, a former European Central Bank chief, hugely popular. Meloni kept her Brothers of Italy in the opposition, refusing to join Draghi’s unity government or Conte’s two coalitions that governed after the 2018 vote. The election in the eurozone’s third-largest economy is being closely watched in Europe, given Meloni’s criticism of “Brussels bureaucrats” and her ties to other right-wing leaders. While in the final days of the election campaign Salvini criticised Russian atrocities in Ukraine, Berlusconi raised eyebrows by saying Putin merely wanted to put “decent” people in government in Kyiv after Moscow-supported separatists in Donbas complained they were being harmed by Ukraine. If she wins, she'll be the first woman in Italy to hold the office and head the country's first far-right government since World War II. The right-wing alliance is formed by Fratelli d'Italia or Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni, Lega leader Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, the three-time prime minister who heads the Forza Italia party, which he created in 1994.

Italy set for hard-right turn, exit polls show (Axios)

A coalition of three right-wing parties is on course for majorities in both houses of the Italian parliament, exit polls from Sunday's general election show ...

[60 Minutes](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-joe-biden-60-minutes-interview-transcript-2022-09-18/)" interview — the president declared the pandemic was over, and he vowed to defend Taiwan if China invades the island. Barrasso: Trump can't declassify documents by thinking about it](/2022/09/25/john-barrasso-trump-declassify-documents-thoughts) It's a matter of debate whether her front-runner status says more about her own drift to the center or the Italian public's willingness to vote for the extremes. It will now be easily the largest party with 22-26% of the vote according to public broadcaster RAI's exit poll. Overall, the bloc won 41-45%, well ahead of the center-left's 26-30%. Her coalition also includes The League, led by far-right firebrand Matteo Salvini, and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.

Italy's voters could pivot the country to the far right at a critical time ... (NPR)

Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time and are set to close at 11 p.m. Results are expected early Monday. The Italian daily La Repubblica reports that voter turnout ...

Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings to recast fascist ideas, says Guido Caldiron, an Italian journalist who covers fascism and the far right. "Enough, enough with that fascism business," she says. "Many of us are here voting to try to prevent her from winning." The party has its origins in the Italian Social Movement, which was created by supporters of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in the aftermath of World War II. But as a teenager, Meloni joined the youth chapter of the Italian Social Movement, which used fantasy novels like J.R.R. The Italian daily La Repubblica reports that voter turnout was lower than in the last election in 2018, which could help the party leading public opinion surveys, Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy).

Meloni, Silvini, Berlusconi: The key figures in Italy's likely new ... (The Local Italy)

With a right-wing alliance set for a big victory in Italy's elections on Sunday the new government is set to be led by Giorgia Meloni and some key faces ...

Likely victory for Italian right portends risks but no lurch into extremism (Financial Times)

Giorgia Meloni stands to become the nation's first female prime minister but most premiers don't last a full term.

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Factbox-Potential flashpoints in Italy's new rightist coalition (KELO AM-FM)

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's rightist alliance looks sure to win a parliamentary majority following Sunday's election, but its three main parties have dif...