The new European Parliament: the far right advances, but the "Ursula" majority resists

As for Italian MEPs: FdI elects 24 of them , a dizzying growth if you consider that in 2019 it elected just 5; 22 seats in the Democratic Party , 3 more than in 2019; the League loses 20 seats and brings 8 MEPs to Brussels; 8 MEPs also for M5s; Forza Italia elects 7 , one less than the League despite the better result, because the calculation is made on the basis of the constituencies and is not a pure proportional system at national level; finally, Avs elects 6 MEPs .

A majority equal to that of the last five years should therefore be confirmed in the European Parliament, it remains to be seen whether the three parties will support Von der Leyen's encore at the helm of the Commission.

(Unioneonline/L)