The bulk of the party leadership (including Meloni), as well as the symbol of the movement (the tricolour flame),[17] comes from the National Alliance (AN, 1995–2009) party, which had merged into PdL in 2009.[18] AN was the heir to the Italian Social Movement (MSI, 1945–1995), a neo-fascist party founded by former members of the banned National Fascist Party (1921–1943) and the Republican Fascist Party (1943–1945).[19][20][21]
(from their wiki page) of course, they deny it completely.
Whoa, looks like FdI is about to become the most popular party in Italy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2022_Italian_general_election#2022
(from their wiki page) of course, they deny it completely.