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Splintering centre-right party could be ill-timed distraction for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Plans to boost economy and forge working relations with Brussels will top first female premier’s in-tray
Brothers of Italy leader poised to become country’s first female prime minister
Giorgia Meloni stands to become the nation’s first female prime minister but most premiers don’t last a full term
Loss of Italy as a constructive player in the bloc’s policymaking would represent a blow to Brussels and broader western alliance
Rightwing politician says Russia’s leader ‘only wanted to replace Zelenskyy with a government of decent people’
Potential coalition partners use rally to promise pride and stable government to a frustrated electorate
The coalition leaders may be fierce Eurosceptics but both Rome and Brussels need the relationship to remain functional
Business leaders are wrong to want an election victory for rightwing coalition, says Carlo De Benedetti
Postwar Italian democracy has stood up to successive waves of rightwing populism
Welfare programme among most polarising of issues as many in region look to rightwing Brothers of Italy
Matteo Salvini will be tempted to criticise coalition led by Giorgia Meloni after election, say analysts
Politician aims to distance herself from her party’s fascist roots as she vies to replace Mario Draghi as PM
Winning coalition must preserve ‘credibility’ by sticking to recovery plan despite tough outlook, says prime minister
Breakdown in alliance and ‘soap opera’ rows give clear advantage to rightwing coalition
Giorgia Meloni and her party appear well placed to secure victory in next month’s parliamentary elections
Coalition tipped to form new government in Rome seeks to reassure allies and Brussels after collapse of Draghi administration
Some in the country believe the Kremlin helped to script last month’s ousting of Mario Draghi
Many voters will want to punish the parties that pulled the plug on national unity government
The prospects for substantive reform after the fall of Mario Draghi’s government do not look bright
EU allies and financial markets worry that the national reform effort will lose momentum after elections in September
Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party leads polls but rivalry with League’s Matteo Salvini could complicate alliances
Incumbent was seen as only candidate able to ensure the survival of Draghi’s fragile government
Democratic Party candidate seizes Rome from the former upstart party which also lost Turin
Despite Forza Italia’s return to government, the long-term prospects of the party as well as the family business are uncertain
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