Italy PM Georgia Meloni named 'man of the year', feminists slam newspaper

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been named the 'man of the year' by a Milan-based far-right newspaper Libero Quotidiano.

The article, seemingly written in praise of Italy's first woman PM, said Meloni won "the war of the sexes" by breaking the so-called glass ceiling.

“Giorgia Meloni for Libero is ‘man of the year’ because above everything she has cancelled the war of the sexes by winning it, by thinking differently, being divergent, overcoming the arrogance of men and the defeatism of women," the newspaper said.

"She has not only broken the glass ceiling, she has dissolved it," it added.

However, this did not go down well with women's rights activists. A woman lawmaker Elisabetta Piccolotti said Meloni should reject the title as it was only an affirmation of male superiority.

“At this point, prime minister, please clarify: are you a woman, are you a man or are you non-binary?” Piccolotti wrote on Facebook.