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Oct 2022
26m 26s

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni appointe...

Bbc World Service
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Her Brothers of Italy party won elections last month and she'll be sworn in on Saturday, forming the country's most right-wing government since the second world war. What will this mean for the economy, and economic policy? We speak to Valentina Meliciani, dean of the Luiss School of European Political Economy in Rome. EU leaders agree a "road map" aimed at ... Show More
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