The hard right nears power in Italy

Giorgia Meloni has no permanent political principles, just a bundle of cynical techniques for attracting distressed and desperate voters.

Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right populist politician who is likely to win the Italian election, leads the Brothers of Italy, which has some 'nostalgic' neo-fascists in its ranks, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 21, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—There’s an election in Italy on Sept. 25, almost exactly 100 years after Benito Mussolini’s "blackshirts" marched on Rome and brought the first fascist dictator to power. Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right populist politician who is likely to win that election, rejects any comparison...

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