Granddaughter of Mussolini to leave Brothers of Italy as it is ‘too rightwing’

Rachele Mussolini, a city councillor in Rome, will join Forza Italia, a more liberal party in Meloni’s ruling coalition

A granddaughter of Italy’s wartime dictator Benito Mussolini said on Thursday she was leaving prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party because it was too rightwing.

Rachele Mussolini, a city councillor in Rome, said she was moving to the group of Forza Italia, which is part of Meloni’s ruling coalition but seen as more liberal on civil rights.