alas, the wikipedia talk page does include multiple people trying to point out this is wrong, and the academic sources (I checked 3 of them) do not seem to actually analize the party in depth.

* One mentions it, once, saying it's similar to french FN (which wikipedia does not consider as "neo-fascist").

* one mentions one of the party leaders, twice, and once says he belongs to a "neo-fascist party"

* one mentions it in a footnote.

None of these represent a political analysis, but they do show how you can manipulate wikipedia with

I agree 100% that FdI is far right, despicable, and as far from my personal ideas as a party can be.

As far as I understand, the article is basically saying that

* the far right shares ideology and slogans with fascism

* FdI leadership comes from the background of post-fascist parties

but neither makes them neo-fascist, based on the fact that _all the right parties in the world_ shares the same slogans, and FdI has (in words) reneged what the fascism has been. La Russa, who is one of the most dreadful characters in the party, took the time to cite the liberation of Italy from fascism as a shared national value when he was elected as chair of the senate

In contrast, Italy does have actual neo-fascist parties such as Casapound and Forza Nuova, with people marching dressed in black, and with programmatic goals which include abolishing the current prohibition to re-establish the fascist party in Italy.

I dislike what Meloni stands for, and we should call out everything bad her government does, without need to call her "neo-fascist".