The MEPs for Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party were among those who voted against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen getting a second term at the helm of the EU executive on Thursday, government sources said.
    The European Parliament re-elected von der Leyen with 401 votes in favour, 284 against and 15 abstentions, with seven spoiled papers.
    She needed 360 votes to be re-elected.
   

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