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2022-09-25 08:22:46Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The voting process begins in Italy/ The right-wing as the favorite and the
Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini

Today Italy chooses the new government in the general parliamentary elections, while the voting started at 07:00 this morning.

But what do the polls say? If they are correct, Italians will elect their country's most right-wing government since the end of World War II.

Snap elections were prompted after internal disputes toppled former Prime Minister Mario Draghi's Government of National Unity in July.

Who is expected to win?
Polls are not published during the two weeks before the vote. Earlier they repeatedly indicated that a centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's nationalist Brothers of Italy party and also including Matteo Salvini's Northern League party and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia was on track for a victory. clearly.

The leader of the Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, would be the most likely solution for the post of prime minister, as the leader of the main coalition party.

There was speculation as the polls closed that the Northern League had suffered a significant decline, while support for the left-leaning party, the 5-Star Movement, had increased.

What will be decisive?
The Brothers of Italy party has had an increase in electoral support after staying out of the Draghi Government. The Northern League, led by Matteo Salvini, and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia were both part of the Government and support for them has fallen.

The right has also been helped by the splits of the so-called "center-left" bloc, where the efforts of the main Democratic Party (PD) to form a broad electoral alliance failed.

As a result, there are now three main groups of the center or center-left fighting for votes – the DP and its allies; the centrist party Action and its ally Italia Viva; and finally Movement 5 stars.

Italy's electoral system favors groups that are able to form broad alliances, likely favoring the victory of the right-wing bloc.

What are the key issues for voters?
As in other European countries, the crisis and rising cost of living have overshadowed other concerns such as immigration, pensions and public services. The conservative alliance has called for tax cuts across the country to help Italians cope with rising prices, while the Democratic Party wants tax cuts to be focused on lower-income earners.

The 5-Star Movement has championed a poverty alleviation scheme called the "citizen's wage" that it introduced while in government.

Meloni has expressed her support for Western policies towards Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Salvini has called on the European Union to protect Italians from the economic side effects of sanctions imposed on Russia over its military aggression against Ukraine.

Berlusconi courted controversy on Friday when he defended Putin, saying he had been "pushed" in the war against Ukraine and only wanted to install a government "for good" in Kiev.

Who are the main actors?

Meloni, 45, a former youth minister, has reinvigorated her party, which has post-fascist roots, and is expected to get 25 percent of the vote, compared to 4 percent in the last election. in 2018. Salvini, 49, a former interior minister who takes a tough stance on immigration but has made a series of policy mistakes over the past three years and has been eclipsed by Meloni.

Berlusconi, 85, a former prime minister who has managed to overcome ill health and numerous scandals to remain a key player in the right-wing alliance, even though his Forza Italia is now the smallest partner among its three main parties. Enrico Letta, 56 years old. The head of the Democratic Party and another former prime minister. His failure to build a stable coalition of centre-left parties meant he faced political defeat. Giuseppe Conte, 58, leader of the 5-Star Movement. As prime minister during the 2018-21 period, he caused outrage when his party withdrew support for Draghi's government in July, sparking divisions that led to snap elections.

When are the votes held?
Polling stations are open from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM local time. Almost 51 million Italians are eligible to vote, of which 4.7 million live abroad. Voters will elect a Parliament with a reduced number of seats in the Lower House (400 from 630), while the Senate will have 200 seats from the previous 315.

Where is the focus?
The main goal of the right-wing coalition will be to win a majority in both houses of the Parliament. That seemed almost certain when the latest polls were released, but a surge in support for the 5-Star Movement in the south could make it more difficult to win the Upper House in the Senate. A majority of more than two-thirds would pave the way for Parliament to make changes to the Constitution without the need for referendums. Parliamentarians elected from constituencies outside Italy's territory could tip the balance in a close race -- there are eight such seats up for grabs in the Lower House and four in the Senate.

What is expected to happen next?
Coalition formation in Italy is a notoriously slow process, but the prospect of a clearer outcome means a repeat of 2018, when it took almost three months to form a governing coalition, is unlikely. The new parliament will convene on October 13. After this date, the president of the Republic of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, can start consultations with the leaders of the parties to discuss the new government cabinet./REL


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