Italy election: Rome before the shift to the right?
Melonis Fratelli ahead in polls – Berlusconi coalition possible
Created: 09/24/2022, 22:57
By: Andreas Schmid
Want to form Italy's next government: Matteo Salvini (Lega), Silvio Berlusconi (Forza Italia) and possibly Italy's future Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (Fratelli d'Italia; from left to right) © Oliver Weiken / dpa
Italy is facing a landmark election: the right-wing camp led by Giorgia Meloni in the polls.
She could become Rome's first female prime minister.
All information in the news ticker.
Italy election
: On September 25, the third largest EU country will elect a new parliament.
Shift to the right
in
Rome
?
The "Brothers of Italy" are ahead in polls.
Novelty
at the top?
Giorgia Meloni could become Italy's first female prime minister.
This news ticker for the
Italy election
is constantly updated.
Rome – Italian politics is not exactly considered stable.
Italy has elected a new parliament more than 60 times since the end of the Second World War.
During Angela Merkel's 16-year term as chancellor, the head of government in Rome changed nine times.
Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi, Silvio Berlusconi, Mario Monti, Enrico Letta, Matteo Renzi, Paolo Gentiloni, Giuseppe Conte, Mario Draghi.
Only Berlusconi lasted more than two years.
After the government crisis and chaotic power games involving the failed Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy is now facing the next political change of course.
An early election is pending.
It could upset the situation in Rome.
Is it to the right?
Italy election: far-right Fratelli ahead - Meloni first prime minister?
The latest polls for the Italian elections on September 25 see the post-fascist Fratelli d'Italia clearly in the lead.
The "Italian brothers" around top candidate Giorgia Meloni come to 25 to 27 percent at the institutes SWG and Ipsos.
Meloni could become the first female prime minister of the Mediterranean country.
The strongest competitor is the Partido Democratico (PD), a sister party of the SPD, which has 20.5 percent in polls.
The numbers are from September 9th.
In the two weeks before the election, no new polls may be published in Italy.
The remaining parties seem to have nothing to do with the election victory.
The governing party Movimente 5 Stelli is between 12 and 14.5 percent, the right-wing Lega around former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini at 12 to 12.5 percent.
Berlusconi's conservative Forza Italia reaches 6.7 to 8 percent.
date | source | Fratelli d'Italia | Partito Democratico | League | Movement 5 digit | Forza Italy | Azione & Italy Viva | Verdi/Sinistra |
09.09.2022 | SWG | 27.0% | 20.4% | 12.1% | 12% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 4.0% |
09.09.2022 | Ipsos | 25.1% | 20.5% | 12.5% | 14.5% | 8.0% | 6.7% | 3.4% |
Coalitions after the Italian elections: Meloni is aiming for a right-wing alliance
Lega and Forza Italia election results are also relevant for Melonis Fratelli d'Italia.
The right-wing party is planning a right-wing tripartite alliance.
According to surveys, Meloni's targeted legal alliance has not yet had an absolute majority.
But that's probably not even necessary to lead a government.
According to Italian electoral law, a third of the seats are allocated by first-past-the-post system.
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A center-left coalition around PD founder Enrico Letta and smaller left-wing and liberal parties is currently clearly missing out on the majority.
During the election campaign, you often emphasized that you want to continue the course of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who was ousted in July.
The 75-year-old announced his resignation after a dispute with the coalition.
Italy election: EU "nervous" due to shift to the right - Von der Leyen is already talking about the consequences
The election in Italy is seen as pointing the way, also for the European Union.
There could be a gradual shift to the right in the EU.
The EU-critical governments from Poland and Hungary are suddenly no longer isolated.
Just two weeks ago, the right-wing Sweden Democrats won in Sweden.
With Meloni's alliance, the right-wing camp would also get a better hearing in Brussels.
In an interview with
Merkur.de
from IPPEN.MEDIA, FDP foreign politician Alexander Graf Lambsdorff was already "nervous about European cohesion if Ms. Meloni were to govern Italy".
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has even announced consequences should Italy's right-wing parties violate the EU's democratic principles in an election victory.
At a university event, a student asked von der Leyen whether she was worried about the outcome of the election: "We'll see.
If things go in a difficult direction - I've already talked about Hungary and Poland - then we have tools." Lega boss Salvini described the statements as "a shabby threat".
Meanwhile, Meloni was combative.
"Italy is not afraid" and "we are ready" chanted the native Roman at a campaign event in the Italian capital.
Sunday polling stations are open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
In this news ticker we keep you up to date on all information about the Italian elections.
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