The return of a clear right-left divide in Italy. An analysis of the EU elections 2024
The elections for the European Parliament on 8 and 9 June in Italy largely confirmed the political balance of forces established during the October 2022 general election and strengthened the leadership of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. On the contrary, the vote was a crushing defeat for Matteo Salvini’s League (member of the rival far-right Identity and Democracy group in the EP), which in 2019 had come top with 34% of the votes. In June it got only 9% of the votes, gaining 8 seats. The elections also signalled a return to a more traditional left-right cleavage within the political system, with opposition parties on the centre-left faring better than predicted by opinion polls. [...]
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Berlin, Das Progressive Zentrum, July 2024, 8 p.
Introduction
The context of the elections: from Draghi to Meloni
Institutional constraints and the personalisation of politics
A domestic debate around different ideas of Europe
Implications for the next EU institutional cycle in key policy areas
Conclusion
References
About the author
About the project