(Breitbart) The coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI) party won Italy’s election on Sunday, meaning the country’s first national-conservative government is set to take power. Additionally, the victory is set to make Meloni the first female prime minister in Italian history.
The coalition, known as Centro Destra, is an alliance between Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI), former Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini’s League (Lega), and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italy.
“The coalition led by the Brothers of Italy of Giorgia Meloni has a clear majority,” la Repubblica reported Sunday night.
Brothers of Italy is at over 26 percent, with the League at 9 percent, and Forza Italia at around eight percent, making the total come to just over 43 percent. Meloni’s conservative alliance also looks that it will now control both houses: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) gestures during a press conference at the party electoral headquarters overnight, on September 25, 2022 in Rome, Italy. The snap election was triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi in July, following the collapse of his coalition. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)
Supporters react after the press conference of Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), at the party electoral headquarters overnight, on September 25, 2022 in Rome, Italy. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s Democratic Party (Pd) — Meloni’s biggest opponent — came in at around 20 percent, with former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s Five Star Movement at 15 percent, and several other parties coming in at smaller percentages.
“Today we wrote history,” Meloni said in a social media post in the early hours of Monday morning in Italy.
Non tradiremo la vostra fiducia. Siamo #pronti a risollevare l’Italia
GRAZIE! 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/DabIIuhORK
— Giorgia Meloni 🇮🇹 ن (@GiorgiaMeloni) September 26, 2022
