A rally Sunday in Rome commemorates the 1978 slaying of two members of a neo-fascist youth group. Opposition politicians in Italy on Monday demanded that the government, headed by far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, explain how hundreds of demonstrators were able to give a banned fascist salute at a Rome rally without police intervention. “It’s right to recall the victims …
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Late last month, Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni finally managed to form a coalition government, officially adding her country to the ever-growing list of European nations led by far-right populists. In their coverage of Meloni’s ascent to power, most Italian and international media organisations understandably focused on her apparent admiration for Italy’s former dictator Benito Mussolini and Hungarian far-right …
