ROME — Opposition politicians in Italy on Monday demanded that the government, headed by far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni, explain how hundreds of demonstrators were able to give a banned fascist salute at a Rome rally without any police intervention. Schlein and others outraged by the use of the fascist-salute in the rally noted with irony that last month, when a …
Giorgia Meloni boasted that there are no longer any “strongholds” of the Left in Italy after her Right-wing coalition triumphed in local elections. “Beyond all expectations, the coalition has shown itself to be united and credible,” said Antonio Tajani, Italy’s foreign minister and a heavyweight in Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party, a member of the coalition. “The result in Ancona …
MODENA, Italy — As far-right leader Giorgia Meloni ’s push to become Italy’s first female premier gathers momentum, the country’s fractured left is offering voters a contrasting style of feminist politics. Schlein is now taking on Meloni, bringing a thoughtful, policy-packed voice to the Italian left’s national campaign in a bid to prevent what opinion polls suggest is an inevitable …
