EU set for ANOTHER political earthquake? Eurosceptics in poll LEAD ahead of Renzi’s party
ANTI-BRUSSELS politicians stormed into the lead in Italy’s polls today as the centre-left continues to fall apart without former prime minister Matteo Renzi in power.
By VICKIIE OLIPHANT
Express.co.uk
Tue, Mar 21, 2017
The anti-establishment Five Star Movement, led by comedian-come-activist Beppe Grillo, received a boost to their support after Mr Renzi quit as PM ollowing a failed referendum on constitutional reform last year.
Now a general election is believed to be held this June, instead of March 2018 when Mr Renzi’s five-year-term would have originally been up.
And Five Star, who have promised a referendum on membership of the Eurozone, plan on benefiting from the split in the ruling Democratic Party (PD) and division in the centre-right.
The Ipsos poll in Corriere della Sera newspaper put the party on 32.3 per cent – its highest ever reading and 5.5 points ahead of the PD, which was on 26.8 per cent.
The third-largest party was the anti-immigrant Northern League on 12.8 per cent, with Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (Go Italy!) on 12.7 per cent.
But Italy is still trying to draw up a new electoral law, based on some form of proportional representation that would reward a stable majority to any group that wins at least 40 per cent of the vote.
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