Italy has formally sworn in its first female leader, Giorgia Meloni, at the head of the country’s most far-right coalition. At the ceremony, which took place on Saturday at Quirinal Palace in Rome, Meloni took her oath, swearing to ‘to be loyal to the republic, to faithfully respect its constitution, its laws and to exercise my role in the exclusive interest of the nation’.
Her Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist origins, worn the largest share of the vote in Italy’s election in September, putting her at the head of a coalition which includes former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia and former deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s Northern League
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy’s prime minister