As expected, the Italian elections saw victory for Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy,

and she is now set to become the country’s most right-wing prime minister since the end of the second world war. Patrick Wintour asks what it means for Europe, while Angela Giuffrida reports on the mood in Italy over the prospect of a far-right coalition including the likes of Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi. Then, in the Opinion section, Italian writer Roberto Saviano outlines why he thinks the result spells danger for his homeland and for the continent.