are south italians closer to eastern europeans than to central and western one ?

[crazyladybutterfly]

how do i interpret this map? the eastern european admixture is low in south italians as far as i know.

https://i.imgur.com/pNkMvjc.png

basques as distant as swedes wow

[Hamlet]

They aren't close to either. South Italians are, very arguably, predominantly MENA.

[RN97]

They are not even on that map though. S. Italians are closer genetically to southern Balkan people than to Iberians. However if you really want a more accurate PCA plot, try find ones created by geneticists.
https://i.imgur.com/Lp5wneu.jpg