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The Conservative government's announced economic package, with tax cuts for the rich, and the ensuing plunge in the British pound's exchange rate have boosted the popularity of opposition party Labour, which now leads the polls by 17 percentage points. At the annual Labour Party convention its leader Keir Starmer said he was confident about the prospects for victory. The press is divided.

The right-wing alliance led by the post-fascist Fratelli d'Italia (FdI) party will have an absolute majority in both chambers of the Italian parliament. FdI, the right-wing populist Lega and the conservative Forza Italia secured 112 of the 200 seats in the Senate and 235 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Commentators discuss what this means for the countries of Europe.

The right-wing alliance led by the post-fascist Fratelli d'Italia (FdI) party will have an absolute majority in both chambers of the Italian parliament. FdI, the right-wing populist Lega and the conservative Forza Italia secured 112 of the 200 seats in the Senate and 235 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in Sunday's election, according to figures put out by the Ministry of the Interior. Europe's press debates the causes and consequences of this shift to the right.

After an initial period of restraint following the Queen's death, the new British government under Liz Truss went all out last week when the Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng announced a mini budget including extensive support to compensate for rising energy costs as well as major tax cuts. Commentators fear public debt will increase while the hoped-for economic growth remains absent.