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Italian elections

Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (C) reacts during her first address to Senate, ahead of a confidence vote at Madama palace in Rome on October 26, 2022. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
November 1, 2022, 7:27 pm
Politician once seen wearing Nazi armband is handed government post in Italy
Opposition lawmaker calls nomination of Galeazzo Bignami ‘an offense, an indecency against the constitution, history, memory and victims of the swastika’
By AFP
Women wear signs with writing in Italian that say "Welfare is not the same for all," left, "It's not a woman's job," second from left, "Men advance; childbirth is not their problem," and "I don't have children but to be discriminated it's enough to be a woman," right, during a demonstration in front of the Finance Ministry on International Women's Day in Rome, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File )
September 28, 2022, 3:37 pm
Italian women and LGBTQ advocates raise the alarm after far-right election win
Activists warn that Giorgia Meloni, who ignored plea from Holocaust survivor to change party’s fascism-linked symbol, will promote ‘white, patriarchal and heterosexual nation’
By Frances D'Emilio and Trisha Thomas
Leader of Italian far-right party 'Fratelli d'Italia' (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni speaks at her party's campaign headquarters overnight on September 26, 2022, in Rome, after the country voted in a legislative election. Meloni is on course to take power in the heart of Europe. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
September 26, 2022, 5:07 pm
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: From teen activist who praised Mussolini to brink of power
Likely new PM’s party uses the same flame on its logo as the neo-fascist, post-war MSI, but she says the flame has ‘nothing to do with fascism’
By Alice Ritchie and Gaël BRANCHEREAU
Right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni, center-right on stage, addresses a rally as she starts her political campaign ahead of September 25 general elections, in Ancona, Italy, August 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)
September 26, 2022, 4:42 pm
How a fringe far-right group with neo-fascist roots became Italy’s biggest party
Leader of the Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, is poised to head Italy’s first far-right-led government since Mussolini during World War II
By Nicole Winfield
Leader of Italian far-right party Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni acknowledges the audience after she delivered an address at her party's campaign headquarters overnight on September 26, 2022 in Rome. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
September 26, 2022, 5:03 am
‘We won’t betray Italy’: Far-right leader hails ‘a night of pride’ in victory speech
As partial election results show her as likely new PM, Giorgia Meloni promises to govern ‘for everyone, with aim of uniting the people’; Democratic Party concedes on ‘sad’ day
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Brothers of Italy party leader Giorgia Meloni acknowledges applause after she delivered a speech on stage on September 22, 2022. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
September 26, 2022, 12:48 am
Far-right heading for power after Italy’s election, exit polls indicate
Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, looks set to form Italy’s most far-right government since dictator Benito Mussolini
By Alice Ritchie and Ella Ide
Leader of Italian far-right party 'Fratelli d'Italia' (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni flashes the victory sign as she delivers a speech on September 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party's campaign for the September 25 general election. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
September 25, 2022, 5:53 am
Italians cast votes as far-right party with post-fascist roots poised to take power
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, appears set to establish first far-right Italian government since fall of Mussolini in WWII
By Gildas Le Roux and Ella Ide
Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni attends the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)
September 24, 2022, 6:52 am
Italy’s far-right Meloni expected to triumph in Sunday’s national vote
Head of post-fascist Brothers of Italy party set to establish 1st far-right Italian government since the fall of Mussolini after World War II
By Martina UCCI and Alice Ritchie
Leader of Italian far-right party 'Fratelli d'Italia' (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni waves as she delivers a speech on September 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party's campaign for the September 25 general election. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
September 23, 2022, 10:05 pm
Giorgia Meloni: Provocateur may become Italy’s first far-right leader post-Mussolini
Politician’s likely ascent comes at a time of national fragility, with the country wracked by economic woes, spiraling inflation and an immigration crisis
By Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager and Evgeniya Pyatovskaya
Calogero Pisano, of the far-right Brothers of Italy (FDI) party. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 20, 2022, 10:49 pm
Italy’s far-right frontrunner party suspends candidate who praised Hitler
Calogero Pisano alluded to Nazi leader as a ‘great statesman’ in 2014 Facebook post; Brothers of Italy leader Georgia Meloni has worked to leave party’s neo-fascist roots behind
By AFP
Leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni, takes a selfie during a rally as part of the campaign for general elections, in Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy on September 11, 2022. (Piero Cruciatti/AFP)
September 11, 2022, 9:52 pm
Polls predict easy victory for Italy’s far-right under firebrand Giorgia Meloni
2 weeks before election, right-wing parties seen taking 46% of votes, far ahead of leftist rivals with 28.5%; Meloni, who heads post-fascist party, would be country’s 1st female PM
By Ella Ide
Front pages of newspapers reporting the collapse of the government are seen in Rome, July 22, 2022. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
August 23, 2022, 6:28 pm
Anti-Israel remarks by left-wing candidates roil Italy’s election campaign
PD candidate resigns over 2014 post questioning existence of Jewish state, while party chairman reiterates support for Israel ahead of parliamentary vote next month
By ToI Staff
A poster by Leader of Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, reading: Ready to revive Italy, in Rome, August 12, 2022. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)
August 17, 2022, 12:23 am
Italian far-right leader rides high in polls, rejects party’s links to fascism
Giorgia Meloni has disavowed the racist roots of Brothers of Italy, surging ahead of elections next month, though many voters are largely ‘ignorant’ of their country’s past anyway
By Frances D'Emilio
Center-left mayoral candidate Roberto Gualtieri flashes a v-sign at his party's headquarters in Rome, October 18, 2021. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
October 19, 2021, 1:19 pm
Center-left wins Rome as voters reject right-winger accused of antisemitism
Roberto Gualtieri elected mayor of capital, the main prize in Italy local vote that saw right parties lose out in other key cities
By Agencies
Supporters hold Italian flags during a center-right coalition rally of the Lega, Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia parties for the regional elections, on September 18, 2020, in Florence, Tuscany. (Carlo Bressan/AFP)
September 20, 2020, 6:27 am
Italy defies virus to hold elections, as far-right plots seismic change
Some medical officials decry decision to go through with vote which will test center-left government, due to concerns over pandemic
By Ella Ide
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