Italian premier Giorgia Meloni appeals for unity on Liberation Day

Italian president Sergio Mattarella, right, shakes hands with Italian premier Giorgia Meloni (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Italian premier Giorgia Meloni has called for unity as she marked the anniversary of the country’s liberation from the Nazis and their Fascist allies on April 25 1945.

Ms Meloni, whose hard-right Brother of Italy party traces its roots to the wreckage of Italian fascism at the conclusion of the Second World War, rejected accusations of fascism nostalgia within the party.