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Giorgia Meloni got involved in fascist youth group aged 15 (Photo: Hermann Tertsch and Victor Gonzalez)

The rise of Italy's new far-right star: Giorgia Meloni

Few people knew who she was 10 years ago — Giorgia Meloni, a former youth minister in Silvio Berlusconi's scandal-tainted government, who went on to create her own party, the ultranationalist Fratelli d'Italia (Fdl).

But today the FdI is polling as the joint-most popular in Italy along with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) on 21 percent each.

The 45-year old from Rome is being talked about as Italy's potential first female prime minister in the next elections.

And sh...

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Valentina Saini is a freelance journalist specialising in Italian social issues and politics, gender issues and the Middle East and North Africa region.

Giorgia Meloni got involved in fascist youth group aged 15 (Photo: Hermann Tertsch and Victor Gonzalez)

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Valentina Saini is a freelance journalist specialising in Italian social issues and politics, gender issues and the Middle East and North Africa region.

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