The extreme right seems to have confirmed its breakthrough, Sunday, September 25, during the legislative elections in Italy.
The post-fascist Fratelli d'Italia party, led by Giorgia Meloni, came out on top, an unprecedented feat since 1945, according to exit polls.
The right-wing alliance formed by Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia, Matteo Salvini's League and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia came out on top in the legislative elections and seems assured of having a parliamentary majority, according to the first polls at the exit from the polls broadcast on Sunday.
Fratelli d'Italia won between 22 and 26% of the vote, while its coalition partners, Matteo Salvini's far-right League and Silvio Berlusconi's conservative Forza Italia party, won between 8.5 and 12 respectively. 5% and between 6 and 8% of the votes, according to the poll by the Opinio institute for Rai.
The right and extreme right bloc is credited by the polls with 41 to 45% of the vote, Fratelli d'Italia clearly ahead of its allies with 22.5 to 26.5%, which would guarantee Giorgia Meloni to become the first female chair of the board.
The center-left bloc formed around the Democratic Party would obtain between 25.5 and 29.5%, the Five Star Movement (populist) having to settle for 13.5 to 17.5%.
Several hours will probably be necessary before obtaining an accurate count of the seats in the two chambers of Parliament, given the mixed voting system, combining majority voting and proportional voting.
With Reuters and AFP
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