The European Parliament elections, scheduled from May 22 to 25 in all European Union (EU) member states, appears to have an unexpected result in Italy: a visible slowdown of the reform agenda.

As tension among parties grows with the campaign, analysts highlight how the ambitious plan of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi‘s cabinet has partially come to a halt, especially with regard to the most „political“ of overhauls such as senate reform and a new electoral law.