Italian PM Meloni says will stand in EU Parliament elections
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Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she would stand in upcoming European Parliament elections, a move apparently calculated to...
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she would stand in upcoming European Parliament elections, a move apparently calculated to boost her far-right party, although she would be forced to resign immediately.
Meloni's Brothers of Italy party came top in Italy's 2022 general election with 26 percent of the vote.
It is polling at similar levels ahead of the European elections on from June 6-9.
With Meloni heading the list of candidates, Brothers of Italy could exploit its national popularity at the EU level, even though EU rules require that any winner
already holding a ministerial position must immediately resign from the EU assembly.