IGNAZIO LA RUSSA

Exactly 100 years ago Friday, the Black Shirt March on Rome triggered events that brought Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to power.

As a young teen, Italy's Giorgia Meloni embarked on an ideological quest that has propelled her to the height of government power.

Italy’s presumed next premier, Giorgia Meloni, and former Premier Silvio Berlusconi are seeking to put days of acrimony behind them over possible Cabinet picks.

The resounding victory by far-right leader Giorgia Meloni in last month's Italian election isn't sitting well with Silvio Berlusconi.

Speaking to the Senate, Segre marveled at the “symbolic value” of the coincidence of her role and the historic moment that Italy is witnessing. “Today I am particularly moved by the role that fate holds for me,” Segre told the hushed chamber. In her speech, Segre choked up as she recalled that those laws forbade Jewish children like her from attending school. La Russa, who once proudly showed off his collection of Mussolini memorabilia, is a candidate to be elected Senate speaker later in the day. It remained a small far-right party until the 1990s, when it became the National Alliance and worked to distance it from its neo-fascist past.

Italy’s Fascist past and its future governed by a party with neo-fascist origins have come to an emotional head during the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month.

Italy’s Fascist past and its future governed by a party with neo-fascist origins came to an emotional head Thursday when a Holocaust survivor presided over the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month. Liliana Segre, a 92-year-old senator-for-life, headed the opening session of the upper chamber, subbing in for a more senior life senator who couldn’t attend. Speaking to the Senate, Segre marveled at the “symbolic value” of the coincidence of her role and the historic moment that Italy is witnessing.