European Parliament 2009 - Offical Results Thread

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Italian "Projections" from SkyTg24
Pdl 39%
PD 27.5%
Lega 9%
IDV and UDC about 7%
Sinistra e Libertà 3.9%

Threshold is 4%

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PdL at 35% is a very disappointing result for them.Anything less than 40% would have been bad,35% is very bad.
26% is barely decent for PD,but at least it will survive.Should I remind you that only a few months ago Veltroni resigned and it seemed that PD was on the verge of an incredibly humiliating defeat?Also,the Radicali got almost 3%,and they were with PD in 2008.So,overall,decent result.
I am sad that Sinistra e Libertà didn't make it,they have a good programme,a good leader and good candidates.Much better than the Rifondazione crap.
Also,funny that in the North-East PdL got only 0.07% more than PD.

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Some people seem to forget that PD a few months ago,when Veltroni resigned,was on the verge of political death.So yes,keeping Berlusconi below 40% and getting 26% when polls gave us barely 20% 3 months ago is a decent result,in my opinion.