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EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (l) has repeatedly courted Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni (R), collaborating on migration policy, but also for her re-election bid (Photo: European Commission)

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Meloni gains EU clout, targets women’s and LGBTQ+ rights at home

Though nationalist Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has a reputation for playing nice at EU-level, her government has waged a war against abortion and LGBTQ+ families at home, Italian citizens and experts warn.

Capitalising on the success of her European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) in the European elections, Meloni and her allies are

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (l) has repeatedly courted Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni (R), collaborating on migration policy, but also for her re-election bid (Photo: European Commission)

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Piet Ruig is a Brussels-based journalist who previously worked for the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO.

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