I’m not a fascist — I like the Tories, says Italy’s far-right leader

The head of the Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, has rejected claims that her party’s members are the heirs to Mussolini.

• Hannah Roberts
• Politico

ROME — Giorgia Meloni, the favorite to become Italy’s next prime minister, has rejected claims that a government led by her far-right party could herald a fascist revival, instead likening her tribe to Britain’s ruling Conservatives.

The “Tories” as the U.K.’s governing party is also known, have themselves been criticized for pursuing radical right-wing policies, after leading the country out of the European Union, planning to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, and waging a populist campaign against the conventions of parliament and…

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