Italians vote in election that could usher far-right party with neo-fascist roots into power
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:10 pm
Italians vote in election that could usher far-right party with neo-fascist roots into power
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Italians are voting Sunday in an election that could move the country's politics sharply toward the right during a critical time for Europe, with war in Ukraine fuelling skyrocketing energy bills and testing the West's resolve to stand united against Russian aggression.
By noon, turnout was equal to or slightly less than at the same time during Italy's last general election in 2018. The counting of paper ballots was expected to begin shortly after polling stations close at 11 p.m. local time, with projections based on partial results coming early Monday.
Publication of opinion polls was banned in the two weeks leading up to the election, but polls before that showed far-right leader Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party, with its neo-fascist roots, the most popular. That suggested Italians were poised to vote their first far-right government into power since the Second World War. Close behind was former prime minister Enrico Letta and his centre-left Democratic Party.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-ele ... -1.6595055
Italians are voting Sunday in an election that could move the country's politics sharply toward the right during a critical time for Europe, with war in Ukraine fuelling skyrocketing energy bills and testing the West's resolve to stand united against Russian aggression.
By noon, turnout was equal to or slightly less than at the same time during Italy's last general election in 2018. The counting of paper ballots was expected to begin shortly after polling stations close at 11 p.m. local time, with projections based on partial results coming early Monday.
Publication of opinion polls was banned in the two weeks leading up to the election, but polls before that showed far-right leader Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party, with its neo-fascist roots, the most popular. That suggested Italians were poised to vote their first far-right government into power since the Second World War. Close behind was former prime minister Enrico Letta and his centre-left Democratic Party.