Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, looks set to be the next prime minister
) and their allies a share of the vote that would ensure them comfortable majorities in both houses of parliament.radically nationalist party, which traces its origins to neo-fascism, would be by far the most important of the three main groups on the right in the next parliament with around 23-24% of the vote; probably more than the other members of her alliance combined.
Voting took place at the end of a long campaign following the collapse in late July of Mario Draghi’s broad-based coalition. Mr Draghi, a former European Central Bank president, resigned after first the Five Stars and then the League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party withdrew their support. The right has been split on budgetary issues, too. Ms Meloni has said she is all for fiscal prudence. Mr Salvini has demanded that Italy run a higher budget deficit to alleviate the effects of the energy crisis.
, a former prime minister. The Brothers’ leader, who now looks set to become the first woman to lead her country, proved a more charismatic figure on the hustings than her bald and bespectacled, softly spoken opponent. But Mr Letta’s decisive handicap was his inability to pull together a broad coalition of progressives.to form his own movement, Azione , agreed to fight the election alongside his old party, only to pull out of the deal days later.
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