Would someone from Italy like to explain why you voted this authoritarian cunt into the EU. Go on! I'd love to hear it!
Anyhow, most of the people voted into the EU are unknown to the voters because most people just vote the Party (Motti is part of the Christian Democrat Union -- UDC). Now you can express one or more preferences (up to 3 I think) for a single person and the vote goes to the political party and to the person(s). Total votes to the political party determine the number of seats, and total personal votes determine who gets elected. In case of a tie, the position in an internal list determines who goes so, in the extreme case where votes are only given to the party and no candidates receive a personal vote, the people that get elected are the first ones on the list... the list is obviously determined by the Party.
Now not many voters in Italy know that they can express a personal preference in the EU elections (because in the national elections you cannot express a preference for a candidate -- you vote the party and the party chooses who gets elected according to the list) the above situation is not far-fetched. Add to this that most people in Italy honestly don't give a fuck about who is elected and tend to vote by "habit" (as in "I'm a Christian so I have to vote the Christian Party...") and you can see how a bunch of fascist, racist, close-minded cunts; some shady persons and even showgirls can get elected to the EU.
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