Buoyed by the elections, Meloni basks in the spotlight as Italy hosts the G7
Five years ago, when her party won 6 percent of the vote in the European Parliament elections, Giorgia Meloni tried to uncork a bottle of sparkling wine, but the cork fell off awkwardly among some supporters.Meloni, now Italy's prime minister, emerged as a big election winner this week, and she and dozens of members of her Fratelli d'Italia party partied at a five-star hotel in Rome where waiters carried bottles of wine in silver basins full of ice. The far-right party took almost 29% of the vote. The victory was all the more significant because Meloni was the only leader of a large Western European country to emerge stronger from the ballot.For Mrs. Meloni the elevator could hardly have arrived at a better time. All eyes are on Italy this week as Meloni prepares to host a summi...