Italian former general starts far-right party in attack on PM Meloni, EU

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Roberto Vannacci, a former Italian general, has launched the far-right political party Futuro Nazionale in Italy. The party challenges Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the EU, injecting new uncertainty into Italy's conservative bloc and aligning with US President Donald Trump's ideology.

In a packed auditorium steps from the Vatican, Roberto Vannacci – the former Italian army general known to supporters as ‘Il Generale’ – is rallying followers of his fledgling party, casting himself as an outsider while reshaping Italy’s right and challenging Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a close ally of US President Donald Trump. Vannacci’s fast-rising “Futuro Nazionale” party is injecting new uncertainty into the conservative bloc that has underpinned Meloni’s government, exposing tensions...