good evening. we start with the european elections. it s still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but we ve had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron s party. far right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls say 27 countries voting, most of them since thursday, 373 million people were eligible to vote. that is considerably more than the 244 million who will be taking part in the united states in november. so, this is a very big deal, not only because it will set the direction for this parliament at a critical time in europe, with war in ukraine, the economy stuttering, migration a major concern for many, but because what happens in this election so often has a bearing on the direction of domestic politics in
The Senate's constitutional affairs committee on Wednesday approved the government's bill that would change the Constitution so that the premier is directly elected by the Italian people. (ANSA)
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini's League party on Thursday withdrew a proposal that would have removed the limit on the mayors of towns and cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants serving no more than two terms. (ANSA)
The Senate's Constitutional Affairs Committee on Thursday rejected a proposal from Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini's League party to remove the limit on regional governors serving no more than two terms. (ANSA)
Lawmakers from Premier Giorgia Meloni's party Brothers of Italy (FdI), in agreement with Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, have filed an amendment to a decree on regulatory deadlines currently before parliament that postpones by six months the e. (ANSA)