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Italian leftists are furious over Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni directing NGO migrant “taxi” ships to drop off migrants in cities run by leftist mayors.

Firebrand conservative Giorgia Meloni has reached a record high in the polls as she continues forming the next Italian government.

Technocrat nation: Giorgia Meloni is set to become the first elected, rather than appointed, Prime Minister of Italy in well over a decade.

The Italian centre-right alliance has overtaken the left-wing in traditionally socialist regions, smashing the historic “red wall”.

Conservative Giorgia Meloni declared she is ready to govern as Italy’s first female prime minister, but accused the left-wing of “fake news”.

Incidents of violence toward right-wing candidates and supporters ahead of Italy’s national elections this month, including gunshots.

An Italian pollster says trends indicate that the left-wing parties will not be able to bridge the gap with the centre-right coalition, which is polling around 20 points ahead.

A Somalia-born Equal Opportunities Commission official in Tuscany, Italy has praised the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, while members of the leftist Democratic Party who appointed her are distancing themselves.

The centre-right coalition led by populist League leader Matteo Salvini has reached 52 per cent in a poll released this week, while the largest leftist parties combined only reach 34 per cent.

Italian leftist parties are in “freefall”, with a poll revealing that the national-conservative Brothers of Italy (FdI) led by Giorgia Meloni reaches 20 per cent for the first time.

The national-conservative Brothers of Italy (FdI), which is in opposition to the government of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, have surged in support in a poll.

Italian populist Senator Matteo Salvini has hit back against criticism from Italian leftists over his recent meeting with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

The Italian president called on former EU Central Bank president Mario Draghi to form a technocrat govt, rather than call fresh elections.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation on Tuesday, leaving the country open to political crisis and potential snap elections soon.

Following the regional elections that saw the centre-right coalition backed by populist Matteo Salvini largely victorious, Italian media have speculated that the results could spell discord for the ruling leftist coalition.

Luca Zaia, a member of Matteo Salvini’s League, is on course to win at least 74 per cent in the Veneto regional presidential election — the Italian equivalent of a U.S. state governor — exit polls indicate on Monday.

Discontented members of the Five Star Movement (M5S) have threatened to pull the plug on the leftist coalition government over their opposition to the use of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).

A poll has revealed that a majority of Italians do not think the leftist coalition government headed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has done enough to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.

Italian populist leader Matteo Salvini has proposed a national unity government be formed to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak spreading across Italy.

Despite a sudden massive surge of cases of the Coronavirus in Italy over the weekend, a former minister is pushing to open the border.

According to a poll, nearly half of Italians say that it was wrong for senators to strip populist leader Matteo Salvini of his immunity as a potential trial against the former interior minister looms.

The Italian leftist coalition government could be on the brink of collapse as populist Matteo Salvini’s centre-right coalition looks to topple the left in this weekend’s regional election in Emilia-Romagna. The latest polls show Salvini’s Centre-Right coalition candidate Lucia Borgonzoni neck and

Italian pollster Alessandra Ghisleri has suggested that the government putting populist Senator Matteo Salvini on trial over a migrant incident last year could actually boost his election results and support.

In just four days, 22 boats containing around 1,500 migrants have launched from the Libyan mainland toward Italy as the leftist coalition increases the daily allowance for migrants.

The Italian leftist coalition of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the Democratic Party (PD) faces several high-profile events in January that could lead to the collapse of the coalition, which is not even a year old.

The Italian leftist coalition is reportedly looking to give the Italian Communist Party (PCI) 400,000 euros to celebrate its 100th anniversary and make the day a national day across Italy.

Three Five Star Movement senators have defected to populist Matteo Salvini’s League as the leftist Five Star-Democratic Party government coalition continues to struggle.

Italian Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti has announced that Italy will be the first country in the world to make the study of climate change mandatory in public schools.

Populist Italian senator Matteo Salvini’s League is now polling as high as both of the parties in the leftist Italian coalition government combined, according to polling data.

The Italian unemployment rate is on the rise according to new statistics that put the rate up to 9.9 per cent under the leftist coalition of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the Democratic Party (PD).

The centre-right alliance led by populist leader Matteo Salvini’s League scored nearly 60 percent of the vote in the Umbrian regional election, sending the leftist national coalition parties into disarray.  

A gang of North African youths from Algeria robbed an Italian Senator of the Five Star Movement (M5S) along with a judge at Rome’s central Termini railway station.

Just weeks after forming a government with the Five Star Movement, a member of the left-wing Democratic Party (PD) is pushing for so-called “birthright citizenship”.

ABOARD THE OCEAN VIKING (AP) – A ship carrying 182 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean Sea said Sunday that Italy has granted permission for its passengers to disembark in Sicily.

Populist League leader Senator Matteo Salvini promised to trigger referendums to block the new leftist coalition from opening Italy’s borders to mass migration.

Matteo Salvini has sharply criticized Italy’s new government’s shift in immigration policy, saying that Italy is going back to being “Europe’s refugee camp.”