guardian.co.uk 6.30pm BST Cries of 'Duce! Duce!' salute Rome's new mayor John Hooper in Rome Tuesday April 29 2008 Italy's new parliament met for the first time today with applause for Rome's mayor-elect, Gianni Alemanno, a day after followers celebrated his triumph with straight-arm salutes and fascist-era chants. Alemanno, a former neo-fascist youth leader, took 54% of the vote in a run-off on Sunday and Monday, crushing his rival, Francesco Rutelli, a deputy prime minister in the last, centre-left government. Silvio Berlusconi, who won a general election earlier this month, welcomed the latest evidence of Italy's leap to the right...