The far right wins the 2022 Italian elections

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the party leader to the far right Brothers of Italy (FdI, for its acronym in Italian: Fratelli d’Italia), Giorgia Melonicemerges as the country’s prime minister after preliminary results confirm she is the most-voted candidate on Sunday’s election day.

With more than 90% of the votes counted — both for the Senate and the Congress of Deputies — the FdI has 26.5% of the votes; followed by the Democratic Party, led by Enrico lettawith the 19.4 %; and the Five Star Movement, by Giuseppe Countin third place with 14.8% of voters.

Matteo Salvini’s La Liga would have taken 9% and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, 8%. Both have lost support, which Meloni is said to have benefited from.

The right block — composed of Meloni, Salvini and Berlusconi — would obtain an absolute majority in both chambers, with 44%, compared to 26% of the center left. When the final data is published, Meloni will have to meet with her coalition partners to reach an agreement that allows her to become prime minister of the country.

The president of FdI on Sunday evening in an institutional statement requested the direction of the next Italian government. “From Italians has come a clear indication of a center-right government led by the Brothers of Italy,” he told supporters at the Hotel Parco dei Principe in Rome.

“We will rule this nation for all Italians” to “elevate what unites and not what divides, because our goal is for Italians to be proud of Italians,” he stressed in his initial statements. “We will not disappoint you, we are ready to lift Italy,” he added.

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In the event that Meloni gains the support of his partners, he must also overcome the filter of the president of the republicSergio Matarella, who can veto ministers if he believes they are not suitable for the position.

The Democratic Party and the M5S, against the opposition

The Democratic Party took second place. The leader, Enrico Letta, has not made a public statement after the vote, while he is expected to appear in front of the cameras today at noon. The PD spokeswoman in parliament is the only one to explain, acknowledging the electoral defeat.

The M5S has blamed the Democratic Party for the lack of unity in the left bloc. His candidate, Conte, has confirmed that his party will form a progressive and democratic opposition and has celebrated his position as polls pointed to the formation’s disappearance.

Civic Commitment leader Luigi Di Maio, who is currently the country’s acting foreign minister but who has run for election in a new party after leaving M5S, has been left out of the Italian parliament. His opponent from M5S, Sergio Costa, has beaten him in his seat in Naples. In addition, his party would have won less than 1 percent of the vote.

Low involvement

The abstinence marked this election as the country has registered the lowest number of participants since the democratic system was established. They just went to the polls 63.91%while in 2018 it reached 73%, a difference of nine percentage points.

The European far right has celebrated the result. Meloni was congratulated by the Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, among others; Marine Le Pen’s MEP Jordan Bardella; the political adviser to the Hungarian Viktor Orbán; Frenchman Eric Zemmour; the vice president of the German AfD party, Beatrix von Storch; or the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal.