The right-wing alliance of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has scored a victory in a regional election seen as a barometer of national opinion ahead of European elections in June. In Basilicata in southern Italy, centre-right candidate Vito Bardi was re-elected as regional president with 56.6% of the vote, compared to his opponent from the centre-left, Piero Marrese, with 42.1%. Bardi, who has been in power in Basilicata since 2019, said he would “continue to be the president for everyone.” At 49.8%, voter turnout in Basilicata was lower than in the 2019 election. Around 540,000 people l…