BREAKING NEWS: Voting has closed in Italy, with an exit poll indicating that the right-wing candidate Giorgia Meloni will become the country's first female prime minister. Sky's AdamParsons reports. Latest: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and Freeview 233
Voting has closed in Italy, with an exit poll indicating that the far-right leader of a party with neo-fascist roots will become the country's first female prime minister.
Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party won just over 4% in the 2018 election but an exit poll indicated it would win 22 to 26% of the vote. Overall the right-wing coalition is thought to have won between 41-45% of the vote, according to a Consorzio Opinio Italia poll for Rai. Sunday's election could move the country's politics sharply to the right at a critical time on the European continent, as countries struggle with energy prices and the war in Ukraine continues.
If she takes power, Ms Meloni would be both Italy's first female prime minister and the first far-right politician to become head of government in a
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