Boosting Italy’s birthrate has become a patriotic cause for the far right. But it’s an idea that’s doomed
Tobias Jones
Meloni faces questions after Italian MP’s gun fired at New Year’s Eve party
December 2023
Brief letters
Items ‘donated’ to the nation are simply what taxpayers are owed
Brief letters: Tax and donations | The silent treatment | Radio licences | Sunak and Meloni | Holidays | Unusual Christmas presents
Italy’s ruling party drafts law to ‘safeguard’ school nativity scenes
Brothers of Italy party plans law to ‘safeguard’ Christian traditions and prevent schools ‘modifying the essence of Christmas’
The Guardian view on the politics of migration: when centrists dabble in extremism
Sunak accused of toxic rhetoric after warning of ‘overwhelming’ migration to Europe
‘A love-burst’: how Sunak and Meloni’s rapport is boosting hard-right agenda
November 2023
Anger across Italy as killing of student highlights country’s femicide rate
Geert Wilders’ victory confirms upward trajectory of far right in Europe
Italy’s far right embraces Middle-earth as PM opens Tolkien show
Ruthless, clever, pragmatic: why Giorgia Meloni is so dangerous to Italy – and Europe
Anne McElvoy
Across the globe, compassion for migrants has given way to cruel, performative politics
Kenan Malik
German chancellor Olaf Scholz agrees ‘historic’ stricter migration policy
Europe live
EU asks for more information on Meloni’s move to send asylum seekers to Albania after ‘practically zero notice’ of deal – as it happened
Italy to create asylum seeker centres in Albania, Giorgia Meloni says
How did The Lord of the Rings become a secret weapon in Italy’s culture wars?
Jamie Mackay
‘Tiredness on all sides’ over war in Ukraine, Italian PM tells prank caller
October 2023
Giorgia Meloni treasures Italy’s families – unless they include same-sex parents
Luisa Rizzitelli
The hard-right leader aims to cement traditional values by cracking down on LGBTQ+ rights. Is this really what Italians want? asks One Billion Rising coordinator Luisa Rizzitelli
We should all get ‘heartbreak leave’ – but oh, the irony that it’s Giorgia Meloni leading the charge
Elle Hunt
Italy’s prime minister wasn’t afraid to take a day off when her relationship ended, and neither was I. It should be the norm, says journalist Elle Hunt
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni splits from partner after his sexist comments
TV journalist Andrea Giambruno was recorded making suggestive comments towards a female colleague
