In today's Guardian. Some slightly more nuanced and subtle thinking on Meloni than we've seen from some in this thread:

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is no Mussolini – but she may be a Trump
[Lorenzo Marsili]

Hahah. The headline is provocative enough, but it's definitely an article worth a read. Have a google. Trying to make a link gets my knickers in a twist.

As I keep saying, she has to work within today's European context, which the old-time fascists didn't have to do. My initial feeling, looking at her activity over the last ten years or so, is that she could be a much cannier operator than we think (and certainly cannier then Trump). There is still nothing to like, I emphasise.