Lest people get the wrong idea, I wanna reassure people of differing views that Italians are of course highly ideologically diverse. While someone of certain views might try to peddle the image, and may even believe the image, that all their fellow nationals are of like mind, it is by no means likely to be the case. I've meant plenty of Italians, been friends with Italians, and honestly none of them who have expressed any political views to me at all have been of a (far-)right bent.
One guy was telling me quite contentedly how Italy is transitioning to become a multicultural country along the lines of the UK, France, USA, Canada, etc. A good friend of his was of Nigerian parentage, apparently.