New Delhi, 26 September 2022                                              

One of the big surprises of the night was the poor showing by Matteo Salvini's League party, which polled just 9%, according to latest results. The centre right fared worse but has been falling for several years. For Salvini this is a dramatic turnaround from just three years ago when the League won more than 34% of the vote in European elections. In the days leading up to yesterday's election he came across as increasingly desperate, trying to stand out from his right-wing colleagues. He accused European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen of interfering in Italy's elections when she said the EU had tools to respond if Rome went nationalist. He even staged a brief protest outside the Commission offices in Rome.

Source - BBC

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