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Brothers of Italy leader could be formally asked to become prime minister later on Friday
Prospective PM addresses position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after audio leak from coalition partner Berlusconi
Likely new prime minister poised to take power as recession looms and high energy prices hit businesses and households
Leaked recording has Forza Italia leader expressing concern at Rome’s support for Ukraine
Former leader calls coalition partner and future PM ‘opinionated, domineering, arrogant and offensive’
Lorenzo Fontana’s election highlights tensions between rightwing coalition leaders set to form government
Liberals worry that new government will restrict social freedoms and stoke animosity
Italy’s economy and politics will constrain its probable new prime minister
Plans to boost economy and forge working relations with Brussels will top first female premier’s in-tray
Brothers of Italy leader poised to become country’s first female prime minister
Giorgia Meloni stands to become the nation’s first female prime minister but most premiers don’t last a full term
Charismatic and persistent, this formidable politician is on her way to being the country’s first female prime minister
Potential coalition partners use rally to promise pride and stable government to a frustrated electorate
The coalition leaders may be fierce Eurosceptics but both Rome and Brussels need the relationship to remain functional
Business leaders are wrong to want an election victory for rightwing coalition, says Carlo De Benedetti
Postwar Italian democracy has stood up to successive waves of rightwing populism
Misgivings remain about Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party
Welfare programme among most polarising of issues as many in region look to rightwing Brothers of Italy
Matteo Salvini will be tempted to criticise coalition led by Giorgia Meloni after election, say analysts
Politician aims to distance herself from her party’s fascist roots as she vies to replace Mario Draghi as PM
Winning coalition must preserve ‘credibility’ by sticking to recovery plan despite tough outlook, says prime minister
Breakdown in alliance and ‘soap opera’ rows give clear advantage to rightwing coalition
Giorgia Meloni and her party appear well placed to secure victory in next month’s parliamentary elections
Coalition tipped to form new government in Rome seeks to reassure allies and Brussels after collapse of Draghi administration
Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party leads polls but rivalry with League’s Matteo Salvini could complicate alliances
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