If the Italians were to vote at this moment, the united opposition would receive the majority bonus, and the Meloni government would lose. However, that the new 42 percent rule automatically works to Meloni's advantage is not evident from the polls, says political scientist Giovanni Orsina from the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, by phone: "If the Italians were to vote at this moment, the united opposition would receive the majority bonus, and the Meloni government would lose." #Meloni #Kieswet #Italië (translated)