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FILE - From left, The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni, and Noi Con l'Italia's Maurizio Lupi, attend the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome ahead of Italy's general elections, Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022. When Giorgia Meloni took office a year ago as the first far-right premier in Italy's post-war history, concern was palpable abroad about the prospect of democratic backsliding and resistance to European Union rules. But since being sworn in as premier on Oct. 22, 2022, Meloni has confounded Western skeptics. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)