Far right lead in Italy ahead of European parliamentary elections: Euronews poll

But other political parties in Italy also show rising support, according to a poll by Euronews.

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00:00Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's radical right Brothers of Italy party is leading the voting

00:08intentions in Italy for June's upcoming EU elections.

00:16While according to latest Euronews super poll, the second political force is the centre-left

00:21Democratic Party, followed by the Five Stars movement.

00:25Brothers of Italy is steadily positioned at 26.7% like in late March, but overall polling

00:30results show the centre and populist left has also been doing well.

00:34Support for the Partito Democratico and the Five Stars movement has grown slightly compared

00:39to polls in March.

00:40The League and Forza Italia are struggling slightly, holding just over 8% of voting intentions.

00:48Both parties are also part of the Italian conservative and nationalist bloc.

00:52The populist right League of Matteo Salvini is part of the Identity and Democracy group,

00:57while centre-right Forza Italia is part of the European People's Party group, led by

01:01Foreign Minister and former President of the EU Parliament Antonio Tajani.

01:06Giorgia Meloni will stand directly as a candidate in the EU elections for her party.

01:11She needs a high voter turnout to gain as many seats as possible in EU Parliament to

01:15be able to influence future coalition decisions.

01:18Meloni is part of the European Conservatives and Reformers group, and her goal is to create

01:22a great centre-right coalition between the European People's Party and the ECR group

01:27in line with the wishes of outgoing EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

01:31But before she plays the great European game, Meloni has two challenges in her own country.

01:37The major one is her rival Matteo Salvini, a solid partner of Marine Le Pen at the European

01:42Parliament.

01:44The second challenge is the Italian left-wing surge.

01:47If the Democratic Party find common ground with their rivals, the Five Star movement,

01:51the left and centre-left could create a solid partnership among a frictitious Italian political

01:56spectrum.