Giorgia Meloni

2022 - 9 - 26

Italy election Italy election

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Italy swings to far-right: Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party set to ... (CNN)

Italy will be led by the most far-right government since the fascist era of Benito Mussolini, early exit polls suggest.

That parliament is scheduled to meet on October 13, at which point the head of state will call on party leaders to decide on the shape of the new government. It is a sad evening for the country,” Debora Serracchiani of the Democratic Party told reporters. Meloni has instead been steadfast in her support for defending Ukraine. Other changes included a younger voting age for the Senate and a reduction in the number of seats to elect – down from 685 seats to 400 in the Senate and from 315 to 200 in the lower House of Parliament. The ultra-conservative Brothers of Italy party looks likely to win between 22 and 26% of the vote, with coalition partners the League, led by Matteo Salvini, taking between 8.5 and 12.5% and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia scoring between 6 and 8% of the vote. [Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy](http://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/europe/italy-giorgia-meloni-profile-election-intl-cmd/index.html) party – whose origins lie in post-war fascism – were on track to win between 41 and 45% of the vote in Sunday’s general election, according to data from the Rai exit pollster Piepoli.

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Giorgia Meloni's radical transatlantic playbook (Politico)

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[Paris](https://www.politico.eu/playbook-paris/) [Playbook](https://www.politico.eu/playbook-paris/) [London Influence](https://www.politico.eu/london-influence/) [EU Influence](https://www.politico.eu/politico-eu-influence/) Influence](https://www.politico.com/politicoinfluence/) [EU Confidential](https://www.politico.eu/eu-confidential/) [London Playbook](https://www.politico.eu/london-playbook/) [Story highlights](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/23/world-bank-president-not-resigning-apologizes-for-climate-science-remarks-00058612) [Brussels Playbook](https://www.politico.eu/brussels-playbook-registration/) [on loan from his lobbying firm](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/96783598-3d06-11ed-a7af-c587dcb7526e?shareToken=a352fa2ccaafeeeedfb8e7bcd35f3806), Fullbrook Strategies. [there’s no sign protests are abating](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-president-raisi-says-protesters-should-be-confronted-decisively-state-2022-09-24/) in Iran. [when Meloni rises to speak](https://youtu.be/o-3-lN3bA9w). [European Conservatives and Reformists](https://ecrparty.eu/) party network includes the U.K.

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