This is how the state of opinion looks before the EU elections in Italy (with the current number of mandates and party group affiliation in the EU in parentheses):
Brothers of Italy (10, EU-sceptic ECR): 26.5 percent
Democratic Party (14, social democratic S&D): 22.5 percent
The Five Star Movement (5, groupless): 15.4 percent
Cheers Italy (10, conservative EPP): 9.2 percent
Lega (22, EU-critical ID): 8.6 percent
The Green Left (1, groupless): 4.6 percent
United States of Europe (1, liberal RE): 4.1 percent
Action – We are Europeans (2, liberal RE): 3.6 percent
Footnote: Several of the members who were elected in the last election in 2019 have since changed or left their parties.
Source: Opinion institute Ipsos.