Center-right leads Italy after half of votes counted

Go to the mediabankTwo ballot boxes with two different ballots, for the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, at a polling station in Rome during the parliamentary elections in Italy. File photoROME, Sep 26The centre-right coalition wins early Italian parliamentary elections with 44.1 percent of the vote for the Senate, according to Interior Ministry data after counting more than half of the ballots. In addition, after counting a third of the votes, they receive 42.9 percent in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies. The head of the party «Brothers of Italy» Giorgi Meloni said that the first results showed the desire of citizens to see a centre-right government. Her movement received the support of 26 percent of the voters. «I think from the first forecasts we can say that the Italians received a clear indication of a centre-right government led by the Brothers of Italy. <…> it was a brutal, aggressive election campaign, I believe that the difficult situation in which Italy finds itself requires the contribution of everyone,» the head of the party said. The center-left coalition can count on 27 percent of the vote in the Senate and 27.6 percent in the Chamber of Deputies. Its top player, the Democratic Party, is tentatively averaging 20 percent.Italy changed its mind about committing suicide. Brussels is outragedThe third most popular political force is the 5 Star Movement, which receives 14.8 percent of voters' support. Party leader Giuseppe Conte admitted that his movement would have to go into opposition. Polling stations for early elections in Italy worked from 7 am to 11 pm. After they closed, the official counting of votes began. Turnout was 63.8 percent, down 9 percent from the March 2018 vote, interior minister Luciana Lamorgese said.The decline of Europe threatens the whole world