Italians were braced for seismic change on Saturday, on the eve of an election forecasted to hand Italy the most rightwing government since the second world war. Giorgia Meloni, the head of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, is widely tipped to become the country’s first woman to head a government. “The country is eager for a change, a new face,” Wolfango Piccoli of the London-based political risk consultancy Teneo said. The latest polls have shown that the Brothers of Italy party is likely to win and form a government. She has softened her tone and posted a video of herself on TikTok making traditional pastries from the Puglia region.

Source: The Guardian September 25, 2022 04:55 UTC