• Following the conservative coalition victory, former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi refuted the narrative that fascism is making a comeback in Italy.
• Western media attempted to frame party leader Giorgia Meloni’s victory as a return to authoritarianism by making comparisons to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
• Renzi denounced labeled these claims as “fake news” and denied that Meloni poses a “danger to democracy.”

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