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Giorgia Meloni of the Brothers of Italy looked set to lead a right-wing coalition into power as her party took an estimated 26% of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. She is set to become the first female prime minister in Italian history if the Fratelli agree on a governing coalition with their partners Lega (almost 9%) and Forza Italia (some 8%), both of which lost favour with voters. “Today we made history,” Meloni tweeted overnight. Due to the peculiarities of Italian electoral law, her alliance of right-wing parties is set to have an absolute majority in parliament, ahead of the…