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Italy poised for hard-right leader as country votes in snap election
CNBC ^ | September 25, 2022

Posted on 09/25/2022 4:49:21 AM PDT by McGruff

Italians head to the polls Sunday in a nationwide vote that could return the country’s first female prime minister and the first government led by the far-right since the end of World War II.

Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party was created in 2012, but has its roots in Italy’s 20th century neo-fascist movement that emerged after the death of fascist leader Benito Mussolini in 1945.

After winning 4% of the vote in 2018′s election, it has used its position in opposition to springboard into the mainstream. The Brothers of Italy party is expected to gain the largest share of the vote for a single party on Sunday. Polls prior to a blackout on Sept. 9 showed that it’s been getting almost 25% of the vote, far ahead of its nearest right-wing ally Lega.

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1 posted on 09/25/2022 4:49:21 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

hard right=anyone who disagrees with the communists


2 posted on 09/25/2022 4:51:56 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: McGruff

3 posted on 09/25/2022 4:52:24 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: McGruff
"Hard right"? OK,lemme guess: "we must defend our borders"..."there are only two genders"..."low taxes help lift the economy".

Am I getting warm?

4 posted on 09/25/2022 4:52:47 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: McGruff
Good job, Italy. For the new ruling coalition: the EU is going to absolutely hate you and you should embrace their hate.

5 posted on 09/25/2022 4:54:27 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Gay State Conservative

Getting warmer😎


6 posted on 09/25/2022 4:55:27 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: McGruff
Normal far left propaganda from CNBC?
Yes.
The gar left are getting clobbered all over the place as normal people get totally fed up with insane, crazy far left woke policies on everything.
7 posted on 09/25/2022 4:56:18 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: McGruff

Still looking for “hard left” as it exists in the U.S., Germany, China, Russia.....and more.

Somehow, the media has not yet found it.

Shove it, media. No sensible person follows you any more.


8 posted on 09/25/2022 4:57:42 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: McGruff

To the media, anyone who is not a socialist or communist in Europe is far-right.

And it’s the same here.


9 posted on 09/25/2022 4:58:42 AM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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Hey, at least they didn’t call it a sham election ahead of time.


10 posted on 09/25/2022 5:07:05 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

Molto bene Italia!


11 posted on 09/25/2022 5:08:54 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: Da Coyote

“Still looking for “hard left” as it exists in the U.S., Germany, China, Russia.....and more.”

Look no further.
U.S.: Democrat Party
Germany: NAZI Party
China: CCP
Russia: Communist Party
Bonus
Italy: Fascist Party.


12 posted on 09/25/2022 5:10:12 AM PDT by Tupelo (Don't under estimate the Republicans ability to f*** things up)
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To: McGruff

Until Italy has the self-discipline to live within its means, the EU will have Italy by its short hairs.

One way or another.


13 posted on 09/25/2022 5:12:24 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: joshua c

Hard right? What does that mean? When does NBC ever use the term “hard left”?


14 posted on 09/25/2022 5:12:37 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: joshua c

Are you calling Comcast Communists?

You’re right....... they are


15 posted on 09/25/2022 5:14:53 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: McGruff
If the PIIGS problem has moved to the front burner, the EU may be looking for an excuse to kick Italy to the curb. The EU bylaws don't have any provisions for expulsion, but Italy could be suspended.

On a related note, an interesting article from January. Intetesting timimg...

The Need for an EU Expulsion Mechanism: Democratic Backsliding and the Failure of Article 7

Note to the UK: You've got a Deep State, too, and it doesn't want Brexit. If you lot don't finishing leaving ASAP, prepare to be left holding the bag when the Ponzi scheme that it the EU goes bust.

16 posted on 09/25/2022 5:19:32 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: bert; joshua c

ChiComcast.


17 posted on 09/25/2022 5:20:00 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: McGruff

‘Mother, Italian, Christian’: Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s far-right leader on the cusp of power

Giorgia Meloni has successfully rebranded her Brothers of Italy party as the country’s dominant conservative force, without fully expunging its post-fascist roots. Her right-wing coalition is forecast to glide into power after Sunday’s general election, making her the favourite to become Italy’s first female prime minister – and its first far-right premier of the postwar era.

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The coda to Meloni’s “Christian mother” harangue, which she repeated word for word in Spanish at a rally in support of Spain’s extreme-right party last year, underscores the fears of an arch-conservative camp that feels under siege in a globalised, fast-changing world.

In Meloni’s mind, the besieging forces include immigration, Islam, European integration, “woke ideologies” and what she describes as “LGBT lobbies”. It’s a view she shares with the likes of Hungary’s Viktor Orban, whom she has strenuously defended in his tussles with Brussels over democracy and the rule of law.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220924-mother-italian-christian-giorgia-meloni-italy-s-far-right-leader-on-the-cusp-of-power


18 posted on 09/25/2022 5:44:08 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: joshua c

hard right = someone who will put the interests of the country before the interests of the globalist elite.


19 posted on 09/25/2022 5:44:20 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: McGruff

The Italian Electorate is impressive to put a Conservative into office.


20 posted on 09/25/2022 5:53:47 AM PDT by chopperk
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