Giorgia Meloni suffers her first defeat at the polls since taking office in Italy. By a minimal difference of only 3,000 votes, its candidate lost the regional election in Sardinia.
The victory of a center-left opponent, for the first time in 75 years, complicates the conservative Executive. The result alters the popularity of Meloni, who achieved a very prominent international presence this year as acting president of the Seven Group of industrialized countries. With her allies from Forza Italia and Salvini's League, she brings her party to 2.8%.