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EU rules require checks that newly elected MEPs do not hold other offices deemed “incompatible” with their role.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she would stand in upcoming European Parliament elections, a move apparently calculated to boost her far-right party, although she would be forced to resign immediately.The tactic was used in 2019 by Meloni's deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, who leads the far-right Lega party. 

Giorgia Meloni made her announcement at a rally for her far-right party, on the same day dozens raised their arms in a fascist salute to honour dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she will be her right-wing party's lead candidate in June's European elections, but will not move from Rome to Brussels if elected. "I have decided to run in order to lead the lists of the Brothers of Italy in all constituencies," said Meloni at a major campaign rally in the Adriatic coast city of Pescara. Meloni hopes her presence on the ballot will mobilize party supporters in the elections to choose new members of the European Parliament (M

The Italian prime minister is accused of ‘shameless electoral move’ as she would be barred from holding the seat in her current role