Italy hosts prime ministerial debate before elections

The chief of the hard right Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni
The chief of the hard right Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni Copyright AP Photo
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With only thirteen days to go before Italy heads to the polls, leaders of the major parties squared off in a televised debate hosted by a large national newspaper, Corriere della Sera.

With only thirteen days to go before Italy heads to the polls, leaders of the major parties squared off in a televised debate hosted by a large national newspaper, Corriere della Sera.

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The chief of the hard right Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, and the head of the centre-left Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, argued over soaring energy prices and relations with Europe.

Voters in Europe’s fourth-largest economy go to the polls on 25th September. Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, which is in an alliance with Matteo Salvini’s hardline, anti-immigration League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia is polling at a total of about 48%, against the centre-left alliance’s share of about 29%.

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