Polls have just closed in the #ItalianElection, here is the exit poll just published. 
If these exit polls are correct, the far-right has a solid basis to form a governing coalition in #Italy.
Brothers of Italy has performed on the low end of what polls were predicting but are still the clear winners of today's #ItalianElection.
Brothers of Italy has performed on the low end of what polls were predicting but are still the clear winners of today's #ItalianElection.
Here's the full breakdown of the #ItalianElection exit poll by party:
RIGHT (total 43.5%)
FdI (Meloni): 25%
Lega (Salvini): 11.5%
FI (Berlusconi): 7%
LEFT (total 26%)
PD: 20%
SI/Greens: 3.5%
+Eur: 2.5%
POPULIST
5MS: 15.5%
CENTRE
Azione/Italia Viva: 7%
RIGHT (total 43.5%)
FdI (Meloni): 25%
Lega (Salvini): 11.5%
FI (Berlusconi): 7%
LEFT (total 26%)
PD: 20%
SI/Greens: 3.5%
+Eur: 2.5%
POPULIST
5MS: 15.5%
CENTRE
Azione/Italia Viva: 7%
This result clears the way for #Italy to have its first far-right leader since Benito #Mussolini.
However, all kinds of things could still happen - maybe the exit polls are off, maybe #Meloni will be unable to agree a nationalist coalition with #Salvini.
However, all kinds of things could still happen - maybe the exit polls are off, maybe #Meloni will be unable to agree a nationalist coalition with #Salvini.
Today's #ItalianElection has put Europe into waters uncharted for many years.
This will be the first far-right leader in Western Europe since the fall of Franco in Spain 5 decades ago.
This will be the first far-right leader in Western Europe since the fall of Franco in Spain 5 decades ago.
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