Giorgia Meloni’s victory in one of the EU’s founding countries could complicate European unity as a winter marked by rising prices and higher energy prices approaches.
A far-right prime minister, Giorgia Melonicwill lead for the first time one of the founding countries of the European Union, Italyafter sweeping this Sunday’s general election.
A situation that could make European unity against Russia more difficult due to the invasion of Ukraine, as a winter marked by rising prices and higher energy prices approaches. Italy is also the first recipient of the funds launched by Europe to alleviate the economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The far right in Europe has a presence in both national and regional parliaments, as well as in some governments. In addition to the future Italy, it is part of its executive branch in Hungary and in France the National Group of Marine Le Pen achieved a historic result in the elections to the National Assembly in June 2022, going from 8 deputies to 89, out of a total of 577.
The result in Italy comes days after the far right in Sweden, represented by the Swedish Democrats (DS), became the second political force and possibly the key to forming the new government.
SITUATION PER COUNTRY
ITALY: The coalition formed by the Brothers of Italy (FdI), Liga and Forza Italia (FI) won the elections in Italy this Sunday with 44.1% of the vote, and whoever is responsible for forming the government will be the far-right Giorgia his melon. The FdL, Meloni’s party, received the most votes with 26.2% of the votes – in the previous elections, in 2018, 4.3%; Mateo Salvini’s League adds about 9% and Forza Italia, the formation led by Silvio Berlusconi, 8.3%, the worst results in its history.
SWEDEN: It took another step towards forming a right-wing government after Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson formalized her resignation on September 15, after admitting four days earlier that she had been defeated in the parliamentary elections. The Electoral Authority’s final count confirmed the victory of the right-wing bloc, which won seven-tenths or three seats over the center-left (49.5% and 176 with 48.8% and 173) that the conservative leader, Ulf Kristersson, is tasked with to form a government.
In Sweden, the far right is represented by the Swedish Democrats (DS), which has become the second formation in the country, after the Social Democratic Party and ahead of the Moderate Party (Conservative), with 19.1%.
FRANCE: France’s far right is represented by Marine Le Pen’s National Group, a party that won 41.46% of the vote in the second round of the presidential election in April compared to the 58.54% victory of its opponent Emmanuel Macron, which represented almost 8 points more representation than in 2017, with an unprecedented result for this formation.
The parliamentary elections to the National Assembly in June gave this formation a historic result with 89 deputies, compared to the 8 it had, meaning they formed a parliamentary faction for the first time.
FINLAND: In Finland, the far right is represented by true Finns, who were two-tenths away from winning the election by one deputy less than the Social Democrats in the April 2019 parliamentary elections.
NETHERLANDS: In the March 2021 elections, Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party was relegated to third place, having lost three seats from the previous election and the Democracy Forum went from two to eight seats. In March 2019, Forum for Democracy led by far-right Thierry Baudet won a majority in the Senate of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s party and stormed out with the same seats as the ruling party.
BELGIUM: In Belgium, Vlaams Belang became the second most voted party in March 2019 in both the federal elections (where they rose from 3 to 18 seats) and in the European one.
AUSTRIA: Since December 2017, Austria had the only government in Western Europe to include a far-right party, following the pact between the People’s Party (ÖVP) and the ultra-critical Euro-nationalists of the FPÖ, until the party’s ministers announced their departure in May 2019 from the coalition in protest at the resignation of the head of the Interior over a corruption scandal.
HUNGARYHungary, where ultranationalist Viktor Orbán has ruled since 2010, assured in March 2021 that he was negotiating to create a new faction in the European Parliament with far-right formations from Italy and Poland, after he defeated the European People’s Party (EPP). ) had left).
GERMANY: In Germany, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained parliamentary representation at 5.7% after the September 2021 elections that ended the Merkel-era, half a point below the 2017 results.
SPAIN: In Spain, the far right broke with Vox for the first time after the regional elections of December 2, 2018 in Andalusia, where this formation won 12 MPs. This formation has been part of the coalition government with the People’s Party in Castilla-León since April 2022, with a vice president and three ministries.
In the snap general elections of April 2019, Vox won 24 deputies in Congress, although it became one of the main protagonists in the November 2019 elections, with 52 parliamentarians, an unprecedented result for the far right in Spain.
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Source: EITB
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