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Italy’s Meloni Wins Her Budget

And Benito Mussolini Is Still Dead

AP/Alessandra Tarantino
Italy's premier, Giorgia Meloni, at Rome on December 29, 2022. AP/Alessandra Tarantino
ROSARIO IACONIS
ROSARIO IACONIS

Mirabile dictu: Prime Minister Meloni’s center-right coalition is holding — thus far. The Italian parliament’s approval of Ms. Meloni’s annual budget without any political turbulence is the latest signal that she is governing with an adroitness that belies all those pre-election jitters about a fascist revival. 

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ROSARIO IACONIS
ROSARIO IACONIS

Rosario A. Iaconis is an author and educator who embraces Giuseppe Verdi’s dictum: “You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” He serves as Chairman of the Italic Institute of America.

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