By turning southward, Georgia Meloni’s far-right government is both breaking with foreign policy conventions and scoring points with her base ahead of the European elections.
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A spate of recent high-profile murders has put focus on the role of patriarchy and misogyny in persistent rates of anti-woman violence in Italy.
In an uncertain world our natural instinct is to seek out answers that reassure, even when they don’t make sense.
Tolkien was far more concerned that we take his novel on its own terms as a work of art than that we arrive at some correct interpretation.
Nationalist parties are the most likely to be found dreaming of a glorious past in their campaign literature, especially in central and eastern Europe.
Even the most firebrand politicians find they need allies when they reach office, and Meloni’s predicaments make that even more true.
More than a spectre, the latest data shows the far-right is a reality set to bear heavily onto the June 2024 European elections.
Brothers of Italy want streets named after fascist figures and the far-right’s ‘contribution’ to democracy recognised on national days of memory.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Padova (Italy) has asked a local court to remove any same-sex non-biological parent on birth certificates, denying same-sex families the right to State recognition.
As student protests against high rents unfurl across Italy, one academic points out one of the groups most likely to end up on the streets under a far-right government: young black men.
Giorgia Meloni famously became the first woman prime minister last year. Now she has a female opponent as leader of the Democratic party.
A year into the war in Ukraine, a historian reflects on how it has affected the geopolitical environment.
The mafia boss is the last known face of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate. But his capture represents the end of an era, not the end of the mafia in Sicily.
The so-called New Right is aiming for an ideological renewal of right-wing politics by focusing on cultural identity and the politics of belonging. Here’s why that’s so ominous.
The first people who studied tyranny were the ancient Greeks, an expert says.
For the first time, two populist radical-right partners are teaming up to form a government. So who is the outsider now?
The baby drop box is a revival of centuries-old cultural practices from the Italian Renaissance when reproductive rights were zero.
Italy’s next prime minister promises a lot on the campaign trail but the reality of government will prove a shock.
Italy will have its first woman prime minister. And both Italy and Western Europe will have their first far-right majority government since the fall of Mussolini and the end of the Second World War.
The return of fascist discourse has been several decades in the making and owes a lot to Matteo Salvini.
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