Italian Green Party fails to make EP ticket

(ANSA) - Rome, April 17 - The Italian Green Party has failed to get its ticket onto the roster for the May 25-26 European Parliament elections, parliamentary sources told ANSA Thursday.
    There was a technical hitch with the required signatures for the small Green Italia-Verdi Europei party, they said.
    The Italian Greens have never polled as high as their counterparts in most other European countries.
    The Greens' spokesman said they would appeal the disqualification.
    The European Green Party has almost 20% of the vote in the EP, while the Italian Greens are polling at 2-3% and do not have a representative in parliament.