Italy’s election earlier this week delivered an historic result that could shake up politics, not just in Italy, but across Europe.

A right-wing coalition led by the Brothers of Italy, a political party with neo-fascist roots, garnered 44 percent of the vote. And its leader — Girogia Meloni — appears set to become the country’s next prime minister. Hermione Kitson has more from Rome.

To discuss: 

• Eleonora Poli is the head of economic analysis at the Center for European Policy.
• A. James McAdams is an international affairs professor at the University of Notre Dame and co-editor of “Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy.”
• Nicholas Michelsen teaches international relations at King’s College London and serves as editor-in-chief of an academic journal on central and eastern European politics and international relations. 
• Cecilia Sottilotta is an assistant professor at The American University of Rome.

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