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Italy votes in EU election with Meloni poised as powerbroker
Italy is the first heavyweight nation to cast votes for the EU's next parliament, in a test of far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's strength at home - and future influence in the bloc.
Most of the European Union's 27 member countries, including powerhouses France and Germany, go to the polls tomorrow, the final day, with projected overall results due late that evening.
The two-day ballot in Italy - the EU's third-largest economy with 76 of 720 seats in the new parliament - could have big consequences.
Ms Meloni cast her vote in her Rome constituency, under sweltering late spring temperatures, telling reporters that the EU contest "will shape the next five years".
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0608/1453761-italy-european-elections/
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