Leader of Italy's Democratic Party says projection for EU election suggests 'extraordinary result'

(10 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rome, Italy - 10 June 2024
1. Elly Schlein, national secretary of the Democratic Party entering conference room with her team
2. SOUNDBITE (Italian): Elly Schlein, Democratic Party secretary
“A big thank you to all the people who gave us confidence, to those who chose to trust us again, to the many who chose to vote for the Democratic Party for the first time. If the projections that we have seen are confirmed, it is an extraordinary result for us. We are the party that has grown the most since the last general elections. The distance from the Brothers of Italy party and Giorgia Meloni is shrinking - this was one of our goals.”
3. Wide of conference underway
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian): Elly Schlein, Democratic Party secretary:
“The vote of the opposition forces exceeds that of the majority forces in government, so we will continue to be stubbornly united and feel from this evening an even stronger responsibility to build the alternative.”
5. Schlein seen through camera viewfinder
6. SOUNDBITE (Italian): Elly Schlein, Democratic Party secretary
“At the European level, the European Socialist Party is holding, as was our goal. No majority is possible without the Socialist Democratic group in the European Parliament and we will see in the next few hours whether we will be the first or second delegation to the European Parliament within the Socialist Group. So we continue to follow this electoral data, but with a really great satisfaction for the result that is looming and that commits us even more to build the alternative to these right-wingers both in Europe and in Italy, thank you."
7. Activists and candidates applauding
STORYLINE:
The leader of Italy's opposition Democratic Party said the projections for the EU elections, if confirmed, suggested an 'extraordinary result' as results began trickling in.

“If the projections that we have seen are confirmed, it is an extraordinary result for us. We are the party that has grown the most since the last general elections,” the party’s national secretary Elly Schlein said at a news conference after polls closed.

The optimistic comment came after an analysis of the first projections, based on 18% of votes counted in Italy, which indicated prime minister Giorgia Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy party has won the largest percentage of votes in the European parliamentary elections. Projections were also describing a growth of the Democratic Party, the main opposition force.

The projection released by public broadcaster RAI puts Brothers of Italy as the most popular party with 28.5% of the vote, while the centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) was second with 23.7%. The other main opposition party, the 5-Star Movement, won 10.5%, while Forza Italia, founded by late premier Silvio Berlusconi, was fourth with 10%, followed by the far-right League at 8.3%.

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