Italians are voting on Sunday in an election that is likely to lead to the most right-wing government in Rome since the end of World War II and the appointment of Georgia Maloney, the first female prime minister, Reuters reports, while France Presse does not rule out that the Movement 5 stars and the Democratic Party can bring surprises.

The resident of Rome told Reuters that he hoped for a right-wing election victory. “The left, as far as I’ve heard, don’t have a serious program and the parties are isolated, while the right at least has a coalition,” said a voter named Paolo, according to Agerpres.

The 5-Star Movement (M5S, anti-system), credited with introducing a minimum income for the poorest, and the Democratic Party (PD, center-left), well implanted at the local level, could spring surprises, especially in the south of the country. , comments France Presse.

“I voted for PD. I’ve always voted for the right, but I’m afraid of Ms Maloney, she’s right-wing intolerance,” Benedetta Tinti, 28, a steel worker, told AFP in Bologna.

The government that will be formed will have to deal with a staggering rise in prices, given that Italy’s debt is 150% of GDP, the highest in the eurozone after Greece. In this context, the European Pandemic Recovery Plan, of which Italy is the main beneficiary, will be indispensable to keep the peninsula afloat.

“Italy cannot afford to be without these sums of money,” historian Marc Lazar told AFP, describing Maloney’s room for economic maneuver as “very limited.” Instead, it could fight with Brussels together with Warsaw and Budapest “in matters of protecting national interests against national ones.”

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