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Why the far-right is surging in Italy and Sweden

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Europe correspondent Naomi O'Leary talks to Hugh Linehan

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Supporters at a rally for Italy’s hard-right Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party, at a rally for its leader, Giorgia Meloni, in Cagliari on Sept. 2, 2022. Photograph: Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times
Supporters at a rally for Italy’s hard-right Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party, at a rally for its leader, Giorgia Meloni, in Cagliari on Sept. 2, 2022. Photograph: Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times
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On this week’s Inside Politics podcast, Europe correspondent Naomi O’Leary talks to Hugh Linehan about forthcoming elections in Italy that look likely to return a government led by the far-right. What will that mean for the rest of Europe?

They also discuss the recent victory of the far-right Sweden Democrats and the EU’s ongoing dispute with Hungarian PM Viktor Orban.

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