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Italy will go to the polls today to vote for the next government, with expectations that the election will fail to nominate a decisive winner. The recent campaign has been "more populist and more anti-EU" than any other election in Italian history, according to the BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler. Eurosceptic voices lead a number of the major parties, including The League and the Five Star Movement, with a strong representation also in Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.

GETTY•EPA The recent election campaign has been more populaist and more anti-EU than any other election

Political commentators link the emergence of anti-EU election slogans with the lack of support from Brussels during the height of the migrant crisis in 2016. Nearly 200,000 people arrived in Italy from northern Africa during 2016, and the EU was criticised for not doing enough to help Italy cope. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, journalist Marilisa Palumbo, who reports for the centre-right Corriere della Sera, echoed this sentiment. She said: "One of the main reasons for our new euroscepticism was that we felt abandoned by Europe in dealing with all the arrivals form the Mediterranean, we felt left alone. "It’s big news because Italy has always been a very enthusiastic about the EU. It’s the first time euroscepticism is so high, we want more participation, we want to be heard."

GETTY Italy's main political parties have now wrapped up campaigning ahead of tomorrow's general election.

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It’s the first time euroscepticism is so high Marilisa Palumbo