Giorgia Meloni, who leads the Brothers of Italy party, is hoping to become Italy's first female prime minister. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ROME - Italians began voting Sunday in an election expected to usher in the country's first government led by the far-right since World War II, bringing eurosceptic populists to the heart of Europe.is leading opinion polls and looks set to take office in a coalition with the far-right League and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia parties.
Brussels and the markets are watching closely, amid concern that Italy - a founding member of the European Union - may be the latest member to veer hard right less than two weeks after the far-right outperformed in elections in Sweden. Ms Meloni has moderated her views over the years, notably abandoning her calls for Italy to leave the EU's single currency.
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