Italy Elections

Explained: Why Italy fears 'Christian mother' Giorgia Meloni's win at the elections

Civil right activists in Italy fear a significant setback — on matters such as abortion, gay marriage — as Giorgia Meloni, a 45-year-old who has campaigned under the slogan of ‘God, country and family’ and against ‘woke ideology’, is likely to become the country’s first female prime minister

Who is Giorgia Meloni, the first far-right leader in Italy since Mussolini?

Giorgia Meloni has been accused of being a political provocateur. A proud nationalist, her policy stances stress anti-immigration positions and the protection of Italy from 'Islamisation'

Deadlock may condemn Italy to a weak, short government

Italy has a long history through decades of instability of finding a way out of apparently intractable political stalemate but there appear to be only two options this time and neither of them looks very easy.

Italy elections: Deadlock as results show no clear winner

The center-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani won the lower house by around 125,000 votes and claimed the most seats in the Senate but was short of the majority in the upper house that it would need to govern.

No clear winner in Italy's crucial elections; hung parliament likely

Italy faced political paralysis Monday as near-complete results in crucial national elections showed no clear winner and raised the possibility of a hung parliament.