Europe | Rattling the right

The Northern League and the Brothers of Italy both wobble

Scandals and election woes on all sides

Oct 9th 2021|ROME

FOR MORE than two years, the common wisdom has been that Italy’s next government will be right-wing—and radically so. Polls have consistently indicated that the Brothers of Italy party, with its origins in neo-fascism, and the populist Northern League should together secure enough seats at the next election to form a parliamentary majority, perhaps even without needing help from Silvio Berlusconi’s more moderate Forza Italia movement.

This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Rattling the right”