29/04/24 (Agence Europe) – The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, announced, on Sunday 28 April at a congress in Pescara, that she will head the list of her national party, Fratelli d'Italia (‘Brothers of Italy’), in the European elections, according to AFP. “We want to do in Europe exactly what we did in Italy on 25 September 2022 - create a majority that brings together the forces of the right to finally send the left into opposition, even in Europe!”, declared the head of government and President of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party (see EUROPE 13398/7). During her speech, she praised the efforts of her coalition, which has been in power for a year and a half, to combat illegal immigration and defend the family and Christian values. She stated that the ECR’s “want to play a decisive role in changing European policy”. (AD)