Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has won Italy’s election to become the country’s first female prime minister.

Ms. Meloni is widely expected to form Italy’s most right-wing government since World War Two.

That will alarm much of Europe as Italy is the EU’s third-biggest economy.

However, speaking after the vote, Ms. Meloni said her Brothers of Italy party would govern for everyone and would not betray people’s trust.

Ms. Meloni’s right-wing alliance – which also includes Matteo Salvini’s far-right League and former PM Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right Forza Italia – will take control of both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, with around 44% of the vote.