Meloni, Salvini, Berlusconi: The key figures in Italy's likely new government

Exit polls published by the Rai public broadcaster and Quorum/YouTrend both put Brothers of Italy on top, at between 22 and 26 percent of the vote.She has sought to distance herself from the past as she built up her party into a political force, going from just four percent of the vote in 2018 to Sunday's triumph.The Italian economy, the third largest in the eurozone, is also saddled with a debt worth 150 percent of gross domestic product.Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, has never held office but looks set to form Italy's most far-right government since the fall of dictator Benito Mussolini during World War II.

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