How the Left Lost the Italian Election
Enrico Letta fought on Giorgia Meloni’s terms.
Italian Election 2022
Parliamentary elections were held in Italy on September 25. Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy placed first with 26 percent support. The right-wing coalition as a whole, including Matteo Salvini’s League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, won 237 out of 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 115 out of 200 seats in the Senate with 44 percent support. The center-left Democratic Party won 19 percent, the populist-left Five Star Movement 15 percent, and the liberal alliance of Action and Italia Viva 8 percent.
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