Far-right leaders in Europe celebrate expected Brothers of Italy election win
by Sam Jones in Madrid, Kate Connolly in Berlin, Kim from World news | The Guardian on (#64263)
Marine Le Pen and members of Hungarian and Spanish parties among those welcoming poll results
News that a coalition led by the Brothers of Italy is poised to win power in Italy has been greeted with adulation by other European far-right parties, warnings from political moderates - and an expression of profound alarm from the leading Italian writer Roberto Saviano.
With full results from the election due later on Monday, projections based on a partial vote count showed Giorgia Meloni's nationalist party appeared well positioned to give Italy its first far-right-led government since the second world war.
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