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Meloni wins final confidence vote, pledges support for Ukraine

Italy's new PM secured a majority of 115 votes in favour of her coalition government in a Senate vote.Italy's new far-right-led government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has easily won the second of two required confidence votes in Parliament by a comfortable margin.Wednesday night's vote in the Senate was 115 in favour of her coalition government and 79 against, while there were five abstentions.

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Italy's Meloni commits to EU, rejects fascism in speech to MPs

The new Italian leader confirms her government's support for the EU, NATO and Ukraine in her first address to parliament.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has confirmed her government's support for the European Union, NATO and Ukraine in her first address to parliament, one month after her far-right party won an historic election victory.

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Far-right Meloni to take over as Italy's first woman PM

The handover of power from outgoing premier Mario Draghi to Meloni will take place at Rome's Chigi Palace and a first cabinet meeting will follow shortly afterwards.

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NATO chief looks forward to working with Italian PM Meloni

The handover of power from outgoing premier Mario Draghi to Meloni will take place at Rome's Chigi Palace and a first cabinet meeting will follow shortly afterwards.

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Italy's far-right Meloni becomes country's first female PM

Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni reads to the media the list of ministers of Italy's new government after presenting it to Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome on October 21, 2022.

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Europe politics

The Guardian view on Italy's failing left: time to rethink and reset | Editorial

During a famous sequence in his film Aprile, the Italian director Nanni Moretti rages at the television as Silvio Berlusconi bullies a centre-left politician in debate, on his way to becoming prime minister in 1994.React!Say something leftwing, Mr Moretti urges the hapless socialist.Say something that isn't leftwing!

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France news

Germany rejects Boris Johnson's claims it said Ukraine should fold to Russia

Germany has angrily dismissed claims by Boris Johnson that in the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine it said it would be better for Ukraine to fold than to become embroiled in a long war.Johnson, interviewed by CNN, also claimed that the French president, Emmanuel Macron, was in denial about the threat of invasion, and that Italy, led at the time by Mario Draghi, said it could not help because it was so dependent on Russian hydrocarbons.

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UK news

Macron in denial' about Russian intentions ahead of Ukraine war, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has claimed France was in denial about Russia's hostile intentions towards Ukraine ahead of February's invasion, while accusing the German government of initially favouring a quick victory for Moscow.The former prime minister risked deeply offending European allies in his assessment of their attitudes to the impending war in an interview with CNN.

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Analysis | Meloni Channels Her Inner Truss With Market Gamble

The era of Mario Draghi as prime minister of Italy has ended, and the era of far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has begun.

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Marketing

Silvio Berlusconi, 85, makes TikTok debut with appeal to young voters

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has made his TikTok debut in an attempt to appeal to young people ahead of a national election later this month after the country dropped the voting age.

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Proposed price cap on Russian oil moves closer at G7 summit

A proposed cap on the price of Russian oil and pipeline gas to slash the Kremlin's revenues and reduce inflationary pressures in the west gathered support on Sunday as G7 leaders met in Bavaria.

Washington Post

Analysis | Markets' Magical Thinking on China Has Extended to the BOJ

A pedestrian in front of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters at dusk in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda appears as determined as ever to see out his inflation mission without buckling to market or political pressure.(Bloomberg)When it comes to future developments in Asia's biggest economies, the market can't help setting itself up for disappointment.

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UK politics

The Guardian view on the UK's financial crisis: a lot of blame to go around | Editorial

nd so we reach the scene tediously familiar to even the most casual observers of this Conservative drama: the action after yet another huge debacle, wherein leading proponents search for a scapegoat.

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Analysis | Giorgia Meloni Has a Mandate But Little Time

The new government won't take office until late October, but with an economy expected to grow by only 0.4% this year, Meloni has little time to lose.Any sign that Italy is reneging on its commitments would also make it ineligible for the new bond-buying instrument approved by the European Central Bank in July.The sooner the new government moves beyond the incendiary rhetoric and focuses on delivering stable government and growth, the better her chances of staying relevant - and in office.(Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg)Those disheartened by the election campaign run by Giorgia Meloni may think that the best thing about Italy's incoming government will be its likely transience.

Washington Post

Analysis | European Bond Yields Settle for Less Than 3-2-1

European markets are enjoying a summer respite.

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UK politics

Why is the ECB still fiddling over a potential eurozone crisis? | Nils Pratley

erhaps the European Central Bank was feeling left out as the financial world turned its attention to the US Federal Reserve 's interest rate hike.

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Italy's Meloni tries to distance herself from fascism DW 10/25/2022

28 minutes ago28 minutes ago Addressing parliament for the first time as prime minister, the leader of a neofascist party said she "never felt sympathy or closeness to undemocratic regimes" and affirmed Italy's position as an EU and NATO member.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addressed parliament on Tuesday for the first time since she got the job.

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Far-Right Leader Giorgia Meloni Installed as Italy's Premier

ROME Giorgia Meloni, whose political party with neo-fascist roots secured the most votes in Italy's national election last month, was sworn in Saturday as the country's first far-right premier since the end of World War II.

Washington Post

Italy poised for glass ceiling-shattering vote, hard right turn

ROME - Italy is poised on Sunday for a norm-breaking election that's expected to give the country its first-ever female prime minister - and its farthest-right government since the fall of Mussolini.

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Ukraine rules out any ceasefire deal that involves ceding territory to Russia

Ukraine has said it will not agree to any ceasefire deal that would involve handing over territory to Russia, as Moscow intensified its attack in the eastern Donbas region on Sunday.

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Higher education

Italy's universities prepare for a new government

Italian academics have said the country's rightward political shift could empower sexist or fascist lecturers, but that the new government will not pick a fight with universities.

Washington Post

Analysis | Draghi Isn't Coming to Italy's Rescue Anymore

Italian politics bears a striking resemblance to South American telenovelas: filled with episodes of unrequited love, bizarre couplings and multiple breakups.

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Germany news

Giorgia Meloni says she will put Italy first in tackling high energy costs

Giorgia Meloni, who is poised to become Italy's next prime minister, has promised to put national interests first in tackling soaring energy costs as she made her first public outing since her Brothers of Italy party won the most votes in the country's national election.

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Germany news

What hope is there for diplomacy in ending the Russia-Ukraine war?

An increasingly bitter diplomatic row over Germany's unwillingness to supply heavy weaponry to Ukraine threatened to spill into a wider dispute between allies over whether they are prepared to accept a peace settlement that leaves Vladimir Putin capable of claiming victory.

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Germany news

The Guardian view on banning Russian oil: defunding Putin's war machine | Editorial

ow far and fast should Europe go?In its ferocity and scale, Vladimir Putin's February invasion of Ukraine caught the west unawares.

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Russia has strategically lost war, declares UK admiral, as Lavrov says no shame in war crimes

The head of the UK's armed forces has said Russia has already "strategically lost" the war in Ukraine and is now a "more diminished power".

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Scholz, Macron and Draghi in Kyiv to show support for Ukraine

German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, French president, Emmanuel Macron and Italian prime minister, Mario Draghi, have arrived in Kyiv on a symbolic joint trip to show their support for Ukraine as it struggles to resist Russian advances in the east of the country.

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