Opposition lawmaker calls nomination of Galeazzo Bignami 'an offense, an indecency against the constitution, history, memory and victims of the swastika'

Activists warn that Giorgia Meloni, who ignored plea from Holocaust survivor to change party's fascism-linked symbol, will promote 'white, patriarchal and heterosexual nation'

Likely new PM's party uses the same flame on its logo as the neo-fascist, post-war MSI, but she says the flame has 'nothing to do with fascism'

Leader of the Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, is poised to head Italy's first far-right-led government since Mussolini during World War II

Amid partial results, Giorgia Miloni says 'If we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for everyone, with the aim of uniting the people'

Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, looks set to form Italy's most far-right government since dictator Benito Mussolini

Giorgia Meloni, leader of Brothers of Italy party set to establish first far-right Italian government since the fall of Mussolini after World War II

Head of post-fascist Brothers of Italy party set to establish 1st far-right Italian government since the fall of Mussolini after World War II

Politician's likely ascent comes at a time of national fragility, with the country wracked by economic woes, spiraling inflation and an immigration crisis

Calogero Pisano alluded to Nazi leader as a 'great statesman' in 2014 Facebook post; Brothers of Italy leader Georgia Meloni has worked to leave party's neo-fascist roots behind