Giorgia Meloni gestures animatedly while speaking at a rally podium.
The bill is being championed by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party and is strongly backed by its far-right coalition partner, the League. Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters
The bill is being championed by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party and is strongly backed by its far-right coalition partner, the League. Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters
‘Like priests who don’t believe in God’: Italy’s anti-vax medics eye return to frontline duty

Progress of bill to reinstate struck-off doctors hinged on support from far right figure Roberto Vannacci, whose rise is shaping politics before 2027 elections