In Italy, the main political parties contesting the EU election have held their last major rallies, outlining very different visions of the European Union. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has denounced an “increasingly technocratic and undemocratic Europe" while her main opponent, Elly Schlein of the Democratic Party, has called for a “federal Europe now".
Meanwhile a fresh opinion poll in France has confirmed a seemingly unassailable lead for the far-right National Rally, while Macron’s Renaissance, currently placed second, is threatened by the Socialists.
