The conservative bloc is predicted to win the election in September, with Giorgia Meloni expected to become Italy’s next prime minister.

Her party, the Brothers of Italy, is currently ahead in the opinion polls, holding an estimated 25 per cent of the vote.

The Democratic Party is a close second, polling around 23 per cent.

Electoral success will be determined by the ability of either party to form a coalition of political allies that could make up a large enough portion of the vote.

The Brothers of Italy is aligned with Matteo Salvini’s League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, which have polled respectively at 13 per cent and eight per cent.

The Democratic Party has refused to ally with the Five Star Movement after its role in the collapse of the current government and resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

Though campaigning has not yet begun, the right-wing parties met on Wednesday to discuss their strategies.

Discussion soon turned to who would become prime minister, if the conservative bloc were to be elected.

Meloni, whose party has a Christian nationalist, anti-immigration and Eurosceptic platform, stated that “an alliance is useless” at this stage if a prime minister is not chosen in advance.

Salvini has argued that the party with the largest number of votes should choose the prime minister, as he remains hopeful that the League will rise in the polls.

Berlusconi is yet to comment on whether or not he would compete for another term as prime minister at age 85, as Forza Italia has been rocked by numerous defections over the past week.

In total, nine lawmakers and three ministers have quit.