European elections: absolute victory in Italy for FdI and the party of abstentions. Unexpected statement from Schlein. The result of the Italian Left and the Verdi was good, while the formations led by Calenda and Renzi were a flop. These are the seats obtained by the Italian parties in the next European Parliament,
24 seats for Fratelli d’Italia, 20 for PD, 9 for M5S, 8 Fi, 8Lega, 6 AVS, 1 SVP. No seats for other political groups.
It is certainly the leadership of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that has achieved the greatest success at a national level in these European elections. As you commented, the government majority holds, but it is in its internal composition that the balance changes.
In fact, as FdI’s consensus grows with 28.8%, even compared to the policies of 2022 – 26%, there is a collapse of the League especially if we compare these latest data with the data of 2019, in which the League with Salvini Premier exceeded 34%., while today it stops at just over by 9% and is surpassed by Forza Italia which is approaching 10%.
Sharp decline on the opposite front of the 5 Star Movement, which does not reach 10%, in 2019 it was 17%, while the left Green Alliance unexpectedly grew with 6.6%, over 4 percentage points compared to 2019, and the PD by Elly Schlein which exceeds 24%, accrediting the political line of the National Secretary of the PD, who with her coherent and firm action on the unity of the opposition and on the issues of internal politics, Healthcare, minimum wage, work, contrast to differentiated autonomy it alone received a result that many did not expect and a decisive leap forward compared to the results of the 2022 policies where the PD stopped at 19%, acquiring credibility and an advantage in the political face-to-face with the government majority.
The unity between the political forces that are on the same side is good, the division is bad: this is the verdict of the voters who, by rewarding Schlein, rejected Action di Calenda and Italia Vivadi Matteo Renzi, flanked by inconsistent allies.
Unfortunately, the vote for the European Parliament suffers from a terrible result in terms of voter turnout, which was further reduced with 49.68% on 8 and 9 June, compared to the 2019 European elections, in which 56 voted. .09%.
