‘I am Giorgia’:Italy’s far-right leader and the confounding world of Italian politics

‘I am Giorgia’:Italy’s far-right leader and the confounding world of Italian politics

Italy’s first female PM is also the first to govern from the far right in decades. Has Giorgia Meloni’s agenda changed in power? Where did her politics come from? And why has Italy had 68 governments since World War II?

  • byAngus Holland

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Italian reporter fined €5000 for dig at PM Giorgia Meloni’s height

Italian reporter fined €5000 for dig at PM Giorgia Meloni’s height

Italy defines defamation as “damage to the reputation of a person through communication with several persons.” The reporter suggested Meloni was only 1.2 meters tall.

  • byElisabetta Povoledo
I’m beginning to think MAGA doesn’t mean what Trump thinks

I’m beginning to think MAGA doesn’t mean what Trump thinks

Somewhat ironically,the issue of whether age should preclude Trump and Biden from seeking the top job is the only one on which the two men are united.

  • byMichelle Cazzulino
G7 leaders back ‘Olympic truce’ for wars in Ukraine,Middle East

G7 leaders back ‘Olympic truce’ for wars in Ukraine,Middle East

Leader of the G7 urged “all countries to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively” in support of a French proposal to temporarily halt conflicts around the world during the Games.

  • byRob Harris
Dozens honour Benito Mussolini at site of Italian fascist leader’s arrest,execution

Dozens honour Benito Mussolini at site of Italian fascist leader’s arrest,execution

The anniversary fell on the same day that PM Giorgia Meloni led her far-right Brothers of Italy party in an election rally in the city of Pescara.

  • byNicole Winfield
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni,victim of deep fake porn images,seeks damages:report

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni,victim of deep fake porn images,seeks damages:report

Meloni is seeking $165,000 in damages and will donate any award to an Interior Ministry fund for women victims of domestic violence.

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Kate Winslet’s tyrant will make you laugh,but don’t feel bad about it

Kate Winslet’s tyrant will make you laugh,but don’t feel bad about it

Delusional,paranoid and power-crazed,The Regime’s Elena Vernham might just remind you of someone.

  • byMichael Idato
Hundreds give fascist salute in Rome prompting investigation

Hundreds give fascist salute in Rome prompting investigation

In the video,lines of men can be seen making stiff-armed salutes and shouting “present” three times. Anti-fascism laws in Italy prohibit such displays.

  • byCrispian Balmer andAngelo Amante
Giorgia Meloni named ‘Man of the Year’ by right-wing Italian newspaper

Giorgia Meloni named ‘Man of the Year’ by right-wing Italian newspaper

The Libero article was criticised by women’s rights activists who have accused the Italian prime minister of promulgating regressive views.

  • byJosephine McKenna
Populists elated but Geert Wilders’ hard-right win worries Europe’s moderates

Populists elated but Geert Wilders’ hard-right win worries Europe’s moderates

The number of loud far-right voices in the Continent is rising. Wilders’ majority win in the Netherlands could harm European unity further.

  • byRob Harris
‘Grotesque aspects that make our country hard to understand’:Italy is the land that #MeToo forgot

‘Grotesque aspects that make our country hard to understand’:Italy is the land that #MeToo forgot

The nation’s first female PM,Giorgia Meloni has missed the opportunity to turn her boyfriend’s scandalous behaviour into a long overdue teachable moment.

  • byJason Horowitz