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A TV dramatisation of Mussolini’s life inflames Italy
With Giorgia Meloni in power, the fascist past is more relevant than ever
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Will Giorgia Meloni turn out to be Europe’s Trump card?
The Italian leader is among those angling to be the linchpin of the transatlantic relationship
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Giorgia Meloni would make Machiavelli proud
Italy’s prime minister is far more popular than Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz
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Italy starts outsourcing its migrant crisis to Albania
As European governments grapple with irregular migration, some are looking outward
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A banking raid in Europe kicks up an unseemly nationalist defence
Der Italian banking job goes down badly in Germany
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Abuse by priests in Italy can no longer be tolerated by the Vatican
Pope Francis is being urged to crack down harder than in the past
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Italian right-wingers have renamed Milan’s airport after Silvio Berlusconi
A finger in the eye of those who detested the late populist leader
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Beyond France, the European elections will deliver more of the same
Outside France and Germany, the centre has largely held
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Hard-right populists are pushing their way into the mainstream
Their latest victory came in the Netherlands