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September 23, 2022

Neo-Fascist Party Founded by Mussolini Supporters Poised to Take Power in Italy
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Italian voters head to the polls for parliamentary elections on Sunday,
when the leader of a neo-fascist party is widely expected to become
Italy's most far-right leader since Benito Mussolini. Polls show Giorgia
Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party in first place, after a campaign
laced with anti-immigrant rhetoric. This week, the party suspended a
candidate from Sicily after he was discovered to have praised Adolf
Hitler in online posts.


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