Premier Giorgia Meloni said Monday
that the low turnout in the European elections in Italy and
other countries indicated that the EU institutions had become
too distant from the people.
In Italy less than half of the electorate exercised their right
to vote.
"The high level abstentionism in the European elections opens up
a debate about the role of Europe, because the issue of the low
turnout does not only regard Italy, but the whole continent,"
Meloni, whose right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party won over
29% of the vote here, told Rtl 102.5 radio.
"It is a sign that Europe is perceived as distant and has made
policies that the citizens don't agree with.
"This is seen by the fact that the alternative forces to the
Left are growing throughout Europe".
She said the good performance of right-wing and conservative
parties was "a call for more pragmatic policies that are less
ideological and in some cases crazy, for example, those on the
Green Deal.
"We need a Europe that is more capable of listening to citizens
and less intrusive in people's lives," she said.
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