Key races to watch as 400 million vote in European elections

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The National Rally's lead European Parliament candidate, Jordan Bardella, promises to limit free movement of migrants within the EU's open borders and dial back EU climate rules.
48% : Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni casts her ballot in European elections that could see her extend her influence in the EU (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse/AP) In Italy, the vote is not expected to destabilise the government, even if Ms Meloni's advantage will be at the expense of her partners in the governing coalition, the populist, anti-migrant right-wing Lega, led by Matteo Salvini, and the centre-right Forza Italia, led by foreign minister Antonio Tajani. Polling data forecasts that Brothers of Italy will get about a quarter of the vote, on par with the results of the 2022 national elections but well ahead of the last European parliamentary vote in 2019.
41% : He has been in power since 2010. - Italy Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, is forecast to sharply expand its number of seats in the European Parliament from seven in the last election, which could extend her influence in the EU.
40% : The party no longer wants to leave the EU and the euro, but to weaken it from within.

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