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Giorgia Meloni (l), Matteo Salvini (m), and Silvio Berlusconi (r) are likely to form a governing coalition (Photo: quirinale.it)

Europe's far-right celebrates Meloni victory

Hard-right leader Giorgia Meloni's victory at Sunday's Italian elections has been met by loud celebration by the rest of the European far-right — and a more muted worry on the liberal and leftwing flank of politics.

Meloni's Brothers of Italy party — a member of the conservative rightwing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) alliance — came top with 26 percent of the vote, ahead of her closest rival Enrico Letta from the c...

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

Giorgia Meloni (l), Matteo Salvini (m), and Silvio Berlusconi (r) are likely to form a governing coalition (Photo: quirinale.it)

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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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