Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni announced as Italy's first female Prime Minister

Brothers of Italy leader Meloni will be leading the most far-right government since the fascist era of Benito Mussolini since World War II.

NewsBharati    27-Sep-2022 10:18:15 AM
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Rome, Sept 27: Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in Italy's election, and has been annonced to become the country's first female prime minister. Brothers of Italy leader Meloni will be leading the most far-right government since the fascist era of Benito Mussolini since World War II.
 
 
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Addressing the media and supporters in the early hours of Monday (Sept 26) morning, Meloni said it was "a night of pride for many and a night of redemption." "It's a victory I want to dedicate to everyone who is no longer with us and wanted this night. Starting tomorrow we have to show our value ... Italians chose us, and we will not betray it, as we never have," she said.
 
 
Preliminary results put an alliance of far-right parties, led by Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, on track to win at least 44 per cent of the vote, according to the Italian Interior Ministry. With 63 per cent of votes counted, the ultra-conservative Brothers of Italy party had won at least 26 per cent, with coalition partners the League, led by Matteo Salvini, taking around 9 per cent and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia scoring over 8 per cent.
 
 
 
 
 
Final results were expected later Monday, but it's expected to take weeks for a new government to be formed. Meloni entered Italy's crowded political scene in 2006 and co-founded the Brothers of Italy in 2012, a party whose agenda is rooted in 'Euroskepticism and anti-immigration policies'. In the last election in 2018, the party won just 4.5 per cent of the vote, but its popularity has soared in recent years, underscoring Italy's longstanding rejection of mainstream politics, seen most recently with the country's support of anti-establishment parties such as the Five Star Movement and Salvini's League.
 
 
Whereas, Leader of Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD), Enrico Letta after Meloni's victory has expressed his feelings stating that the far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's election is 'a sad day for Italy and Europe'. He said, "Today is a sad day for Italy, for Europe, tough days lie ahead of us," the former Italian prime minister said during a news conference in Rome. "We fought in every way to avoid this outcome, we fought for our values and with the aim to taking Italy into the future."