The almost final results of the Eurovote show that the “Italian Brothers” party is in first place. of George Meloni. She will receive 24 seats in the EP, according to a forecast of the sociological institute "UTrend", ANSA reported. The Democrats, who placed second, received 21 seats. There are three parties with 8 seats each – “Movement 5 stars“, “Forza Italia“ and “League”. “Green Left Union“ will get 6 seats.
In Italy, the results of the Euro vote are still not 100 percent clear. The reason for this is the re-counting of ballots in 78 polling stations in Rome, in which various irregularities were found in the protocols, such as more registered citizens exercising their right to vote than ballots submitted.
In addition, again in Rome the night after the election, the computer system for entering the results of the protocols crashed and there was a delay in this process as well. Shutting down the hack version for now.
The two events generated controversy. The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, ordered an internal investigation into this situation, writes “Sole 24 Ore“
The case with the regional party "People's Party of South Tyrol" is interesting here. She took advantage of a legal clause according to which parties representing linguistic minorities in Italy and joining national party lists are not subject to the 4 percent threshold for entry into the EP, but to a different requirement – their candidate must have collected over 50,000 preferences. This is precisely the case with the "People's Party of South Tyrol". In the North-East constituency, it had allied with “Forza Italia“ for the Euro vote and its candidate Herbert Dorfman received over 50,000 preferences. Thanks to this, the party will get 1 seat in the EP. Dorfman himself has experience as an MEP in past European Parliaments. He is an agricultural specialist by profession.