Poll shows Renzi's PD top party, followed by M5S
Forza Italia slightly down in voters' favour
02 April, 15:23 (see related stories)
(ANSA) - Rome, April 2 - A poll sounding out political
preferences amongst Italian voters released on Wednesday showed
that only four parties would exceed the 4% threshold in European
Parliament elections to be held May 25.
According to the survey by the Datamedia research institute carried out for Rome daily Il Tempo, the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) of Premier Matteo Renzi remained Italy's leading party at 31%, gaining 0.5% in a week, and confidence in Renzi jumped in the rankings to 58%.
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) followed at 24.3%, up 0.3% from the previous week.
Forza Italia led by former premier Silvio Berlusconi trailed behind at 20%, down 0.5% on last week, followed by the regionalist, anti-euro Northern League party which remained stable at 5%.
The poll also showed over one in two Italian voters did not intend to cast their ballots.
According to the survey by the Datamedia research institute carried out for Rome daily Il Tempo, the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) of Premier Matteo Renzi remained Italy's leading party at 31%, gaining 0.5% in a week, and confidence in Renzi jumped in the rankings to 58%.
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) followed at 24.3%, up 0.3% from the previous week.
Forza Italia led by former premier Silvio Berlusconi trailed behind at 20%, down 0.5% on last week, followed by the regionalist, anti-euro Northern League party which remained stable at 5%.
The poll also showed over one in two Italian voters did not intend to cast their ballots.