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Italy far-right leader Giorgia Meloni set to be country's first female leader
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-27/i.../101476166

INTRO: Italy has taken a turn to the right after Giorgia Meloni's Eurosceptic populist party swept to victory in general elections, putting the one-time Benito Mussolini admirer on course to become the first woman to lead the country.

Ms Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, is set to win around 26 per cent of the vote after Sunday's election, while her wider coalition secured a clear majority in parliament.

With former premier Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini's far-right League, they will now begin forming the most right-wing government since World War II, a process likely to take weeks.

Ms Meloni's success represents a seismic change in Italy — a founding member of the European Union and the eurozone's third-largest economy — and for the EU, just weeks after the far-right performed strongly in Sweden's elections.

Ms Meloni used her first public statement to emphasise unity, saying she would govern "for all Italians".

But the 45-year-old, whose party has never held office, has huge challenges ahead, from soaring inflation to a looming energy crisis and the war in Ukraine... (MORE - details)
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Tucker Carlson: “You can’t tell people they are in charge of their own government — ‘It’s a democracy, we promise!’ — and ignore over decades their strongly held opinions on things that matter. That doesn’t work long-term. They will rebel, guaranteed,” Carlson said. “The best you can hope for is they do it peacefully. In Italy they seem to be doing that. This summer, a conservative populist called Giorgia Meloni started showing up with strong support in the polls.”

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Police probing neo-Nazi links after gunman murders 15 at Russian school
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/eu...19139.html

INTRO: A gunman with a swastika on his T-shirt killed 15 people, including 11 children, and wounded 24 at a school in Russia yesterday before killing himself, investigators said.

The attacker, a man in his early 30s who was named by authorities as Artem Kazantsev, killed two security guards and then opened fire on students and teachers at School Number 88 in Izhevsk, about 970km east of Moscow, where he was once a pupil.

Russia’s Investigative Committee, which handles major crimes, said it was looking into the perpetrator’s suspected neo-Nazi links.

“Currently investigators... are conducting a search of his residence and studying the personality of the attacker, his views and surrounding milieu,” the committee said in a statement.

“Checks are being made into his adherence to neo-fascist views and Nazi ideology.”

Investigators released a video showing the man’s body lying in a classroom with overturned furniture and papers strewn on the bloodstained floor. He was dressed all in black, with a red swastika in a circle drawn on his T-shirt... (MORE - details)
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Is there any boundary that Putin won't cross to shift public opinion over to his side?

Georgia Meloni and Elon appear to have hit it off!

https://twitter.com/GiorgiaMeloni/status...2497800193

https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status...9475000320







Find a woman that looks at you the way Georgia Meloni looks at Elon



Or the way Elon looks at rockets

I like the way Elon appears in the name Meloni. Doesn’t mi mean me in Italian. Hmmm. And where’s his other hand in that one pic?

Elon is in Paris with President-elect Trump to celebrate the reconstruction of Notre Dame cathedral.

And there's Giorgia Meloni with the two of them, giving Elon those eyes again

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If Giorgia Meloni doesn't like somebody, it's pretty obvious too. Here she is with French president Macron.

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1867910168333124056