Italy election: Who is Giorgia Meloni, the star of the far right?

26.09.2022, 11:50 dw.com

With the populist slogan "Italy and Italian people first!" Meloni has called for less European bureaucracy, low taxes and a halt to immigration. Her critics warn she is flirting with Italy's fascist history. In Rome's Via Della Scrofa, not far from the seat of parliament in the historic center, a stone tablet and a dried-up wreath commemorate Alberto Marchesi, an anti-fascist resistance fighter executed by the German SS in the Ardeatine Caves in 1944. The plaque hangs to the left of a wide archway in the facade of the yellow building.