2014 European Parliament election in Italy

The 2014 European Parliament election in Italy took place on 25 May 2014. Italy elected 73 MEPs out of 751 European Parliament seats.

2014 European Parliament election in Italy

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All 73 Italian seats to the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Turnout58.37%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Matteo Renzi Beppe Grillo Silvio Berlusconi
Party Democratic Party Five Star Movement Forza Italia
Alliance S&D EFDD EPP
Leader since 15 December 2013 4 October 2009 18 January 1994
Last election 26.1%, 21 seats New party 35.3% as PdL
29 seats
Seats won 31 17 13
Seat change 10 New party 16
Popular vote 11,203,231 5,807,362 4,614,364
Percentage 40.8% 21.2% 16.8%
Swing 14.7% New party 18.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Matteo Salvini Angelino Alfano Collective leadership
Party Northern League NCD – UDC The Other Europe
Alliance NI EPP GUE/NGL
Leader since 7 December 2013 15 November 2013
Last election 10.2%, 9 seats New New
Seats won 5 3 3
Seat change 4 New New
Popular vote 1,688,197 1,202,350 1,108,457
Percentage 6.2% 4.4% 4.0%
Swing 4.0% New New

European election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Democratic plurality, Azure denotes those with a Forza Italia plurality, Green denotes those with a Lega Nord plurality, Gray denotes those with a Regionalist plurality.

The governing Democratic Party (PD) won the election with 40.8% of the vote and 31 seats, followed by the Five Star Movement (21.2% and 17 seats) and Forza Italia (16.8% and 13 seats). As a result, the PD was the second largest national party in the European Parliament by number of seats after the German CDU/CSU and the largest among the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. The PD's score was also the best result for an Italian party in a nationwide election since the 1958 general election, when the Christian Democracy won 42.4% of the vote.

The other parties that have passed the national electoral threshold at 4% are Northern League (6.2% and 5 seats), New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre (4.4% and 3 seats) and The Other Europe (4.0% and 3 seats). The parties that have not passed the electoral threshold and that have not gained any seat are Brothers of Italy (3.7%), European Greens – Green Italia (0.9%), European Choice (0.7%), Italy of Values (0.7%) and I Change – Associative Movement Italians Abroad (0.2%).

The 4% threshold can be bypassed by parties representing linguistic minorities, provided they get more than 50,000 votes, in connection with a party gaining more than 4% of the vote. The South Tyrolean People's Party, representing the German-speaking minority of South Tyrol, won a seat thanks to its connection with the PD.

Electoral system

The party-list proportional representation was the traditional electoral system of the Italian Republic since its foundation in 1946, so it had been adopted to elect the Italian representatives to the European Parliament too. Two levels were used: a national level to divide seats between parties, and a constituency level to distribute them between candidates. Italian regions were united in 5 constituencies, each electing a group of deputies. At national level, seats were divided between party lists using the largest remainder method with Hare quota. All seats gained by each party were automatically distributed to their local open lists and their most voted candidates.

In the run-up to the 2009 election, the Italian Parliament introduced a national threshold of 4% in the electoral law for the European Parliament. However, the electoral law guarantees representation for linguistic minorities. The parties which represent minorities can be connected with the major parties for the purpose of elections, combining their votes. If the party of the linguistic minority gets more than 50,000 votes, it wins a seat.

Main parties and leaders

Outgoing MEPs

This is a list of Italian delegations sitting at the European Parliament before 25 May 2014.

EP Group Seats Party MEPs
EPP
34 / 73
Forza Italia 15
New Centre-Right 7
Union of the Centre 5
Brothers of Italy 2
Populars for Europe 2
South Tyrolean People's Party 1
Union of Democrats for Europe 1
Future and Freedom 1
S&D
23 / 73
Democratic Party 23
EFD
8 / 73
Northern League 6
I Change 1
I Love Italy 1
ALDE
4 / 73
Italy of Values 4
ECR
2 / 73
Forza Italia 1
Conservatives and Social Reformers 1
Non-Inscrits
2 / 73
Northern League 1
Independent 1
  1. Including one MEP of The Populars of Italy Tomorrow.
  2. Including one MEP of Populars for Italy and one MEP of UDC.

Retiring incumbents

The following MEPs are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Departing MEP Party EP Group First elected Terms Date announced
North-East Italy Vittorio Prodi Democratic Party S&D 2004 2 8 March 2014
North-East Italy Tiziano Motti UDC EPP 2009 1 27 April 2014

Summary of parties

In the following table the twelve parties/lists participating in the election are listed.

Party Main ideology Leader European
Party
Seats
Democratic Party Social democracy Matteo Renzi PES
23 / 73
Forza Italia Liberal conservatism Silvio Berlusconi EPP
17 / 73
New Centre-Right – UDC Christian democracy Angelino Alfano EPP
13 / 73
Northern League Regionalism Matteo Salvini None
7 / 73
Italy of Values Anti-corruption politics Ignazio Messina ALDE
3 / 73
Brothers of Italy National conservatism Giorgia Meloni None
3 / 73
European Choice Liberalism several ALDE
1 / 73
I Change – MAIE Centrism Angelo Alessandri None
1 / 73
South Tyrolean People's Party Regionalism Arno Kompatscher EPP
1 / 73
Five Star Movement Populism Beppe Grillo None
0 / 73
The Other Europe Democratic socialism several PEL
0 / 73
European Greens – Green Italia Green politics several EGP
0 / 73
  1. Including PSI and ALPE. PD had 23 MEPs, three of them split from IdV.
  2. Legal successor of PdL, including PID, UDEUR and MIR. FI had 17 MEPs, 16 sitting with EPP and one with ECR.
  3. List composed of NCD and UDC, including Ppl. UdC had 5 MEPs, NCD 6 split from PdL, Ppl 2 split form PdL.
  4. Including MpA and DF. LN had 6 MEPs, 5 sitting with EFD and one with NI.
  5. Including Party of the South.
  6. Including I Love Italy. FdI had 2 MEPs split from PdL, 2 sitting with EPP, I Love Italy one with EFD.
  7. List composed of SC, FFD and CD, including also CSR, PLI, PRI and other minor parties. CSR had one MEP splits from PdL with ECR.
  8. Including I Change and MAIE. I Change had one MEP splits from LN with EFD
  9. Including PATT, UpT and SS.
  10. Including SEL, PRC, VGV, Independents and other minor parties.
  11. Including Green Italia and Federation of the Greens.

Top candidates

In the following table the top candidates of each party/list in the five constituencies are listed. In the case in which the party leader stands in all five of them as top candidate, also the second in the list is shown. The Five Star Movement's slates were compiled following the alphabetical order.

Party North-West North-East Centre South Islands Source
Forza Italia Giovanni Toti Elisabetta Gardini Antonio Tajani Raffaele Fitto Gianfranco Micciché link
Democratic Party Alessia Mosca Alessandra Moretti Simona Bonafé Pina Picierno Caterina Chinnici link
Northern League Matteo Salvini
Claudio Borghi
Matteo Salvini
Flavio Tosi
Matteo Salvini
Manuel Vescovi
Matteo Salvini
Angelo Attaguile (MPA)
Matteo Salvini
Francesca Donato
link
Italy of Values Ignazio Messina
Giommaria Uggias
Ignazio Messina
Antonino Pipitone
Ignazio Messina
Paolo Brutti
Ignazio Messina
Aniello Di Nardo
Ignazio Messina
Giommaria Uggias
link
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre Maurizio Lupi (NCD) Antonio Cancian (NCD) Beatrice Lorenzin (NCD) Lorenzo Cesa (UDC) Giovanni La Via (NCD) link Archived 28 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Five Star Movement Gabriele Antonica
(alphabetical order)
Marco Affronte
(alphabetical order)
Laura Agea
(alphabetical order)
Isabella Adinolfi
(alphabetical order)
Ignazio Corrao
(alphabetical order)
link
Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni
Guido Crosetto
Giorgia Meloni
Magdi Allam
Giorgia Meloni
Marco Scurria
Giorgia Meloni
Gianni Alemanno
Giorgia Meloni
Salvatore Deidda
link
The Other Europe Curzio Maltese Paola Morandin Barbara Spinelli Ermanno Rea Barbara Spinelli link Archived 26 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
European Choice Gianluca Susta
(SC)
Michele Boldrin
(FFD)
Stefania Giannini
(SC)
Bruno Tabacci
(CD)
Anna Busia
(CD)
link Archived 20 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
European Greens – Green Italia Oliviero Alotto (GI) Syusy Blady Annalisa Corrado (GI) Vincenzo Fornaro Fabio Granata (GI) link
I Change – MAIE Agostino D'Antuoni (IC) Maria Cristina Sandrin Claudio Morganti (IC) Davide Vannoni Davide Vannoni link
South Tyrolean People's Party Herbert Dorfmann link

Opinion polling

Poll results are listed according to the date of publication of the survey. Detailed data are usually published in the official website of the Italian government. The publication of opinion polls during the last 15 days of the electoral campaign is forbidden by Italian law.

Date Polling Firm FI PD LN UDC M5S SC FdI NCD AET SE Others Lead
9 May 2014 Epokè 16.3 30.2 6.8 w. NCD 22.6 w. SE 3.3 5.4 6.3 4.5 4.6 7.6
9 May 2014 Euromedia 20.9 31.4 5.8 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 3.9 4.6 3.5 2.5 2.4 6.4
9 May 2014 EMG 19.7 33.2 5.1 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 4.0 4.8 3.7 2.3 2.2 8.2
9 May 2014 IPR 18.8 32.7 5.5 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 4.0 6.0 3.4 2.5 2.1 7.7
9 May 2014 Ixè 18.2 33.2 w. NCD 26.4 w. SE 6.8
9 May 2014 Ipsos 19.5 33.8 5.2 w. NCD 23.0 w. SE 4.0 6.4 3.0 3.0 2.1 10.8
9 May 2014 ISPO 18.1 34.9 4.9 w. NCD 23.7 w. SE 3.7 6.4 3.7 2.1 2.5 11.2
9 May 2014 Demos&Pi 17.5 32.8 4.5 w. NCD 22.0 w. SE 4.3 7.0 4.5 3.6 3.8 10.8
8 May 2014 Tecnè 21.7 28.8 4.9 w. NCD 27.7 w. SE 4.0 4.5 3.6 2.2 2.6 1.1
8 May 2014 SWG 19.1 34.8 5.6 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 2.8 5.2 3.7 2.1 2.7 10.8
8 May 2014 Demopolis 17.5 33.5 5.2 w. NCD 26.4 w. SE 4.1 5.7 4.0 2.0 1.6 7.1
8 May 2014 Piepoli 20.0 34.0 4.5 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 3.5 5.0 3.5 2.5 2.0 9.0
7 May 2014 Euromedia 20.2 31.1 5.2 w. NCD 25.9 w. SE 3.9 4.9 3.5 2.4 2.9 5.2
7 May 2014 Datamedia 20.0 32.0 5.1 w. NCD 26.0 w. SE 3.9 5.1 3.5 2.0 2.4 6.0
7 May 2014 Lorien 19.0 34.0 5.5 w. NCD 23.0 w. SE 3.5 6.5 4.0 2.5 2.0 11.0
6 May 2014 Ipsos 19.4 33.9 5.0 w. NCD 23.9 w. SE 4.1 6.1 3.5 3.0 1.1 10.0
6 May 2014 Demopolis 17.4 33.0 5.3 w. NCD 25.5 w. SE 4.0 5.7 4.1 2.2 2.8 7.5
5 May 2014 IPR 19.0 32.3 5.2 w. NCD 26.0 w. SE 3.8 5.9 3.3 1.6 1.9 6.3
5 May 2014 EMG 19.8 33.6 4.9 w. NCD 24.6 w. SE 4.0 4.9 3.6 2.4 2.2 9.0
5 May 2014 SWG 18.2 35.2 5.5 w. NCD 24.2 w. SE 3.0 5.0 3.5 2.0 3.4 11.0
5 May 2014 Ixè 17.8 33.0 5.3 w. NCD 26.6 w. SE 3.9 4.8 3.8 2.0 2.8 6.4
3 May 2014 IPR 19.0 32.3 5.2 w. NCD 26.0 w. SE 3.8 5.6 3.3 1.6 2.2 6.3
3 May 2014 Ipsos 19.2 34.3 5.3 w. NCD 22.5 w. SE 3.9 6.1 3.3 3.0 2.4 11.8
3 May 2014 ScenariPolitici 17.5 29.8 7.5 w. NCD 27.5 w. SE 4.2 5.0 4.2 2.5 1.8 2.3
30 April 2014 Tecnè 21.3 28.9 5.3 w. NCD 27.4 w. SE 3.8 4.8 3.8 2.3 2.4 1.5
30 April 2014 Datamedia 20.0 31.5 5.1 w. NCD 25.5 w. SE 3.7 5.5 3.7 2.2 2.8 6.0
29 April 2014 Demopolis 17.0 33.2 5.4 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 3.8 5.6 4.0 2.3 3.7 8.2
29 April 2014 Ipsos 19.3 34.4 5.1 w. NCD 23.7 w. SE 3.9 5.9 3.3 3.2 1.2 10.7
29 April 2014 Lorien 19.0 34.5 5.5 w. NCD 23.5 w. SE 3.0 6.5 4.0 2.0 2.0 11.0
29 April 2014 Piepoli 19.5 34.0 4.5 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.5 6.0 4.0 2.5 2.0 10.0
28 April 2014 IPR 19.0 32.7 5.0 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 3.8 6.0 3.5 2.8 2.2 7.7
28 April 2014 EMG 19.6 33.1 4.5 w. NCD 24.4 w. SE 4.0 5.1 3.8 2.5 3.0 8.7
28 April 2014 SWG 18.0 35.4 5.6 w. NCD 21.9 w. SE 3.5 4.9 3.8 2.2 4.7 13.5
26 April 2014 Ipsos 19.0 34.9 5.4 w. NCD 21.6 w. SE 4.1 6.3 3.1 3.2 2.4 13.3
24 April 2014 Epokè 15.9 29.1 6.8 w. NCD 22.3 w. SE 2.6 6.2 6.1 5.0 6.0 6.8
24 April 2014 IPR 19.1 32.9 5.1 w. NCD 24.2 w. SE 3.8 5.6 3.7 3.0 2.6 8.7
24 April 2014 Tecnè 21.3 29.2 5.5 w. NCD 27.0 w. SE 3.7 5.0 3.7 2.4 2.2 2.2
24 April 2014 Ixè 17.5 32.1 5.0 w. NCD 27.4 w. SE 3.8 5.1 4.1 2.0 3.0 4.7
23 April 2014 Demopolis 18.0 34.0 5.2 w. NCD 23.8 w. SE 3.7 5.6 3.8 2.1 3.8 10.2
23 April 2014 Euromedia 20.1 32.0 5.0 w. NCD 25.3 w. SE 3.7 4.6 3.4 2.5 3.4 6.7
23 April 2014 Piepoli 19.0 34.0 4.5 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.5 6.0 4.0 2.5 2.5 10.0
23 April 2014 IPR 19.3 32.7 5.0 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.8 5.5 3.8 3.0 2.9 8.7
22 April 2014 EMG 20.3 33.8 4.4 w. NCD 23.4 w. SE 3.7 4.9 4.0 2.5 3.0 10.4
19 April 2014 ScenariPolitici 18.0 28.6 7.0 w. NCD 27.9 w. SE 4.2 6.0 4.8 2.5 1.0 0.7
19 April 2014 Ipsos 19.6 35.0 4.9 w. NCD 21.4 w. SE 3.8 6.4 2.9 3.5 2.5 13.6
18 April 2014 Ixè 18.0 32.8 5.2 w. NCD 25.8 w. SE 3.5 5.5 3.9 2.1 3.2 7.0
18 April 2014 SWG 18.2 35.8 5.0 w. NCD 22.7 w. SE 3.1 4.9 3.9 2.2 4.2 13.1
18 April 2014 Demopolis 17.0 33.5 5.4 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.6 5.5 3.5 2.0 5.5 9.5
17 April 2014 Tecnè 21.0 29.9 5.4 w. NCD 25.4 w. SE 3.8 5.4 4.1 2.6 2.4 4.5
16 April 2014 Datamedia 19.0 32.0 5.2 w. NCD 25.1 w. SE 3.5 5.7 3.9 2.2 3.4 6.9
15 April 2014 Piepoli 19.0 33.5 4.5 w. NCD 24.5 w. SE 3.5 6.5 4.0 2.5 2.0 9.0
15 April 2014 Ipsos 19.6 34.2 5.0 w. NCD 22.7 w. SE 3.5 6.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 11.5
14 April 2014 EMG 20.3 34.4 4.6 w. NCD 22.9 w. SE 3.5 5.2 3.4 2.5 3.2 11.5
14 April 2014 IPR 19.5 32.0 5.0 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.9 6.5 3.8 3.8 1.5 8.0
11 April 2014 Ixè 19.1 32.2 5.2 w. NCD 25.2 w. SE 3.6 5.3 4.2 1.9 3.3 7.0
11 April 2014 SWG 20.3 34.3 4.8 w. NCD 23.0 2.4 2.4 3.8 4.1 0.8 4.1 11.3
10 April 2014 Tecnè 21.4 30.5 5.1 w. NCD 23.8 w. SE 3.6 5.7 4.8 2.4 2.7 6.7
9 April 2014 Ipsos 20.5 33.9 5.8 w. NCD 22.3 w. SE 3.0 5.3 3.1 3.4 2.7 11.6
9 April 2014 Piepoli 19.0 33.0 4.0 w. NCD 24.5 w. SE 3.5 6.0 4.5 2.5 3.0 8.5
9 April 2014 Datamedia 20.0 31.3 5.0 w. NCD 24.3 w. SE 3.3 5.0 3.9 2.3 4.9 7.0
7 April 2014 IPR 20.0 30.5 4.5 w. NCD 23.0 w. SE 3.7 6.0 3.5 3.7 5.1 7.5
7 April 2014 Ixè 18.6 31.6 5.4 1.6 26.1 1.2 3.4 3.3 4.6 4.2 5.5
7 April 2014 EMG 20.9 33.9 4.4 w. NCD 22.5 w. SE 3.4 5.1 3.1 2.1 4.6 11.4
5 April 2014 Ipsos 21.1 33.3 5.3 w. NCD 21.2 w. SE 3.5 5.7 3.1 3.8 3.0 12.1
4 April 2014 SWG 19.5 34.8 4.8 1.1 20.0 2.6 2.8 4.1 3.7 0.6 6.0 14.8
3 April 2014 Tecnè 22.0 30.2 4.6 2.2 23.4 3.4 3.8 5.2 1.6 3.6 6.8
2 April 2014 Euromedia 21.6 31.5 4.8 1.8 21.4 1.0 3.5 3.9 3.8 2.0 4.7 9.9
2 April 2014 IPR 21.0 30.0 4.3 2.0 22.5 1.0 3.3 4.0 3.5 2.0 6.4 7.5
2 April 2014 Piepoli 20.0 33.0 4.0 2.0 23.0 2.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.0 10.0
2 April 2014 Datamedia 20.0 31.0 5.0 1.8 24.3 3.1 3.4 3.9 2.0 5.5 6.7
1 April 2014 Lorien 22.0 31.5 5.5 1.5 23.0 2.5 5.0 4.5 4.5 8.5
1 April 2014 Ipsos 21.8 33.0 5.5 3.0 21.0 2.9 3.1 4.3 3.3 2.1 11.2
31 March 2014 ScenariPolitici 18.3 27.9 7.1 2.0 25.9 1.4 3.6 4.2 4.8 1.7 3.1 2.0
31 March 2014 EMG 20.8 32.8 4.3 2.2 21.9 1.1 3.4 3.3 3.2 7.0 10.9
29 March 2014 SWG 18.8 35.0 5.0 1.3 21.1 2.1 3.1 3.8 4.0 5.2 13.9
28 March 2014 Ixè 20.8 30.5 5.8 1.2 25.3 1.4 3.2 3.2 4.9 3.7 5.2
27 March 2014 Tecnè 22.9 31.0 3.8 2.0 22.4 3.2 3.9 5.8 5.0 8.1
26 March 2014 IPR 22.0 29.5 4.3 2.0 23.0 1.0 3.0 4.3 3.5 2.3 5.1 6.5
26 March 2014 Euromedia 22.2 31.5 4.4 1.5 20.8 3.1 3.5 4.0 9.0 9.3
26 March 2014 Datamedia 20.5 30.5 5.0 1.8 24.0 3.0 3.5 3.7 2.0 6.0 6.5
24 March 2014 EMG 22.4 32.4 4.2 2.4 21.3 1.9 2.9 3.6 2.9 6.0 10.0
21 March 2014 Ixè 22.7 28.6 4.3 1.9 20.8 1.0 3.1 3.6 6.1 7.9 5.9
20 March 2014 Tecnè 23.5 32.4 3.3 1.9 21.9 2.9 3.8 5.6 4.7 8.9
17 March 2014 IPR 23.0 28.5 4.0 3.0 23.0 1.0 3.0 4.3 4.0 6.2 5.5
14 March 2014 Ixè 23.4 29.4 4.5 1.6 22.6 0.9 3.3 3.3 6.5 4.5 6.0
13 March 2014 Tecnè 24.4 30.4 4.0 2.0 21.8 3.5 3.5 5.4 5.0 6.0
13 March 2014 IPR 23.5 28.0 4.3 3.0 24.0 w. UdC 3.0 4.5 4.0 5.7 4.0
13 March 2014 Euromedia 23.5 28.5 4.4 2.0 23.1 1.7 2.7 3.7 4.9 5.5 5.0
10 March 2014 IPR 24.0 27.5 4.3 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.0 5.5 4.0 2.5 5.2 3.5
7 March 2014 SWG 21.6 30.3 4.9 1.1 22.0 w. SE 2.7 3.3 2.3 11.8 8.3
7 March 2014 Ixè 24.0 29.1 4.7 1.9 21.8 1.0 3.5 3.2 6.3 4.5 5.1
6 March 2014 Tecnè 24.0 28.2 4.5 1.9 22.4 3.1 3.3 12.6 4.2
3 March 2014 ScenariPolitici 20.0 27.5 6.3 2.2 25.4 2.3 3.1 4.2 5.4 3.6 2.1
28 February 2014 Ixè 23.2 28.5 4.6 1.8 22.7 1.1 3.6 3.0 6.9 4.6 5.3
21 February 2014 Ixè 22.4 27.6 4.8 1.6 24.9 1.0 3.4 3.1 7.2 4.0 2.7
13 February 2014 Tecnè 23.5 29.6 3.9 2.3 25.4 3.0 3.7 8.6 4.2
5 February 2014 IPR 24.3 27.6 5.0 2.0 25.4 1.0 1.5 5.6 7.6 2.2
7 June 2009 Election results 35.3 26.1 10.2 6.5 15.4 8.8
Date Polling Firm FI PD LN UDC M5S SC FdI NCD AET SE Others Lead

Results

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Democratic Party11,203,23140.81+14.6931+10
Five Star Movement5,807,36221.16New17New
Forza Italia4,614,36416.81−18.4513−16
Lega Nord1,688,1976.15−4.065−4
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre1,202,3504.38New3New
The Other Europe1,108,4574.04New3New
Brothers of Italy1,006,5133.67New0New
European Greens – Green Italia250,1020.91New0New
European Choice197,9420.72New0New
Italy of Values181,3730.66−7.340−7
South Tyrolean People's Party138,0370.50+0.0310
I Change – MAIE50,9780.19New0New
Total27,448,906100.0073+1
Valid votes27,448,90694.68
Invalid votes962,9993.32
Blank votes579,3532.00
Total votes28,991,258100.00
Registered voters/turnout50,662,46057.22
Source: Ministry of the Interior

See also

  • 2014 European Parliament election in Lombardy

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