Good news for the Italian Prime Minister.

Giorgia Meloni and her allies have kept control of the southern region of Basilicata in the regional election, defeating their centre-left opponents by a wide margin.

Italy Correspondent Jo McKenna told Mike Hosking that turnout was low, and that seems to have favoured the incumbent.

She said that this is the second regional win for Meloni, and she’ll be drawing confidence going into the European elections.

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