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The political analyst said Italy could really affect “the geopolitical balance in Europe” as populists parties Five Star Movement and League battle for a chance to form the next government following the Italian election on Sunday. Speaking to RT News, Mr Bifolchi said: “Brussels is really, really worried because first of all, Five Star Movement, Lega and even the right-wing coalition, they are not so happy about the eurozone, about the European Union. “And several times, particularly Salvini, he said he wants to abolish the sanctions against Russia, he wants to change the foreign policy in Italy, he wants to restart cooperation with Russia.

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“For sure, Brussels is not happy about this, they are really concerned. “But not only Brussels, I can see even the United States are. “If you look at the media, even Stratfor, the intelligence agency, they published some analysis and some videos about Italy and they are really concerned about this and I think in the future Italy can really change the geopolitical balance in Europe and in the international arena.”

Brussels is really, really worried because Five Star Movement and Lega are not so happy about the eurozone Giuliano Bifolchi

As Italy prepares to find out which party or coalition will be given the chance to form the 18th Italian legislature, Brussels remains concerned about its future relationship with one of its key founding member states. So far, the largest party in the run to form a government is populist party Five Star Movement led by Luigi Di Maio with 32.7 per cent of the votes. However, the centre-right coalition came ahead of the polls with 37 per cent of the votes.

Italian election pictures: Who won the Italy Election 2018? Mon, March 5, 2018 Italian election pictures: Who won the Italy Election 2018? Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 21 Candidate of Five Stars Movement Alfonso Bonafede