Three years have passed since Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni assumed office and her hard-right party is more popular than ever. In a country where governments often collapse after little more than a year, the 48-year-old leader has defied all expectations and is on track to becoming the most influential Italian politician since Silvio Berlusconi. Once dismissed by him as ‘la piccoletta’ (the little one), the 5ft 3in Meloni who hails from a working class, single-parent family is now a political giant, with her brash demeanor charming the world's leaders from the EU to the White House. On the domestic...