Populists Turn on Salvini After Italians Hand Votes to Right-Wing Meloni
Populist Matteo Salvini faces leadership challenge after his party underperformed Sunday, with voters turning to Meloni's right-wing party.
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Populist Matteo Salvini faces leadership challenge after his party underperformed Sunday, with voters turning to Meloni's right-wing party.
Technocrat nation: Giorgia Meloni is set to become the first elected, rather than appointed, Prime Minister of Italy in well over a decade.
Technocrat nation: Giorgia Meloni is set to become the first elected, rather than appointed, Prime Minister of Italy in well over a decade.
The leader has announced he will resign after its catastrophic defeat to a coalition of right-wing parties led by Giorgia Meloni
The Italian centre-right alliance has overtaken the left-wing in traditionally socialist regions, smashing the historic "red wall".