A triple victory for Salvini: numerical (he becomes the center of gravity of the government); geographical (its party is now truly national, with a homogenous electoral support), strategic (he now has several options). Tab. 1 – Electoral results in Italy, 2014 and 2019 EP elections, 2018 legislative elections The geography of Salvini's success is in three numbers: compared to its 2018 results, the League multiplies its votes by 1.5 in the North, by 2 in the Center, and by more than 3 in the South and on the Islands. Thus, the current geographical profile of the League appears to be more nationalized,...

Latvia was one of the few EU countries that went to the polls on Saturday, May 25 although advance voting was also available for three days. According to the Central Elections Commission (CEC), there were 1’411’955 persons eligible to vote – a decrease by 4 percent from 2014. A party list system is used to choose eight MEPs, and a voter can express either a positive or a negative preference for each candidate on a list that s/he is to vote for. An electoral threshold of 5 percent is provided in the law but the effective threshold (due to...

Traduzione di Elisabetta Mannoni. Le elezioni del Parlamento Europeo del 2019 in Irlanda sono state rilevanti sotto molti punti di vista. In primo luogo, abbiamo visto il principale partito al governo migliorare la sua performance rispetto alla quella del 2014 (anche in quell’occasione era al governo) e a quella delle elezioni generali del 2016. Fine Gael ha ottenuto il 30 percento dei voti (+ 7 punti) e invierà a Bruxelles 5 deputati appartenenti all’EPP su un totale di 11 che spettano al paese (13 se e quando il Regno Unito lascerà l'UE). Una seconda caratteristica è il notevole aumento del supporto...

The 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland was notable in many ways. First, we saw the main party in government improving on its performance in 2014 (when it was also in government) and on its 2016 general election vote. Fine Gael won 30 per cent of the vote (up 7 points), and will send 5 EPP MEPs to Brussels in the Irish complement of 11(13). (Ireland has 11 seats, but this will rise to 13 if the UK leaves the EU.) A second feature was a notable increase in support for the Green Party, now apparently forgiven for its participation...