- Giorgia Meloni is set to become the first female prime minister of Italy.
- Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the far-right political party Brothers of Italy, is set to become the first female premier of Italy.
- The recent vote to the political party with neo-fascist origins brings in the most right-wing government Italy has witnessed since the Second World War and the fascist leader Benito Mussolini.
- The recent near-final results of the Italian elections revealed that the right-wing coalition won 44 per cent of the parliamentary vote, with Meloni’s party making its biggest win of 26 per cent.
- The competing center-left Democratic Party and its allies won over 26 per cent support, while populist 5-Star Movement, which gained the highest vote in 2018 elections, won just 15 per cent votes.
- Meloni is one of the co-founders of Brothers and has led this political party since 2014.
- She has been the President of the European Conservatives and Reformist Party since 2020.
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