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Breakingviews – Italy’s right-wing winners inherit poison chalice
Italian politics has shifted decisively to the right. A coalition of parties led by nationalist Giorgia Meloni, EU-sceptic firebrand Matteo Salvini and convicted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi a clear parliamentary majority in Sunday’s general election. Despite a show of unity on the campaign trail, the allies disagree on issues from Russian sanctions to spending. The rivalries risk undermining the debt-laden nation’s ability to confront an energy squeeze that represents its biggest challenge since the euro zone crisis.

Breakingviews – Italy’s right-wing winners inherit poison chalice

Italian politics has shifted decisively to the right. A coalition of parties led by nationalist Giorgia Meloni, EU-sceptic firebrand Matteo Salvini and convicted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi a clear parliamentary majority in Sunday’s general election. Despite a show of unity on the campaign trail, the allies disagree on issues from Russian sanctions to spending. The rivalries risk undermining the debt-laden nation’s ability to confront an energy squeeze that represents its biggest challenge since the euro zone crisis.