Likely next prime minister Giorgia
Meloni will be "the most far-right premier since Mussolini", CNN
said after the rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader won
Sunday's general election.
Spain's El Pais daily said "the far right wins the elections in
Italy for the first time, and the coalition of conservatives,
post-Fascists and populists, led by Giorgia Meloni, got 44% in
both the House and Senate".
The Guardian said FdI "has neo-Fascist origins".
Russia's Rossiya-24 said the elections could lead to a
"political restructuring of Europe," quoting Portuguese far
right leader Andrè Ventura.
France's Le Monde said it was a "historic" victory for Meloni.
Finland's Helsingin Sanomat said Meloni was "an heir to
Fascism".
Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet said it would be hard for the
centre-right coalition to last more than two years due to
internal tensions.
Meloni rejects the 'post-Fascist' label and says FdI has more in
common with Britain's Conservatives and the US Republicans.
The FdI's logo features the Tricolour Flame first used by the
postwar neo-Fascist Italian Social Movement (MSI) party, formed
by members of Mussolini's movement.
Meloni says the Italian right has "handed Fascism over to
history" and has condemned its suspension of democracy and the
"ignominious" racial laws.
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