Giorgia Meloni

With full results due on Monday, the far-right party leader is set to become Italy's first female prime minister – and a model for nationalist parties across ...

On Ukraine, Meloni has condemned Russia’s invasion and supported sending weapons to the war-torn country, but it remains unclear whether her government will back the eighth round of EU sanctions being discussed in Brussels. It would be like me, at my age, trying to be a footballer like Maradona.” The coalition has said it is not seeking to renegotiate the plan, but would like to make changes. the model is there, and so is the project.” “It feels as if we’re on a rudderless boat,” said Carlo Russo. Meloni has sought to send reassuring messages, but the prospect of her as prime minister is unlikely to be welcomed in Paris or Berlin. Salvini, who has close ties with Le Pen, said he “can’t wait” to resume his policy of blocking migrant rescue ships from entering Italian ports. “She’s really interested in compromising with the EU on economic politics. “This is a sad evening for the country,” Debora Serracchiani, a senior PD lawmaker, told reporters in the party’s first official comment on the result. One of her first messages of congratulations on Sunday night was from Orbán’s political director, Balázs Orbán, who said: “In these difficult times, we need more than ever friends who share a common vision and approach to Europe’s challenges.” Meloni is also allied to Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice party, the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats and Spain’s far-right Vox party. “It’s going to be a long night, but I wanted to say THANK YOU,” he wrote.