Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán (r) with leader of the League party, Matteo Salvini (l), one of the allies in Meloni's likely coalition (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

Analysis

Meloni's likely win will not necessarily strengthen Orbán

Rule of Law

EU Political

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

Italy's election on Sunday is likely to usher in a right-wing coalition government made up of Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy, Matteo Salvini's League and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia with a landslide victory.

One of the key cheerleaders for this coalition's expected triumph is Hungary's premier Viktor Orbán.

Orbán hopes Meloni, who is likely to become the new Italian prime minister, will back him up in his battles with the EU over rule of law, migration, gender issues an...

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Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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