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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.
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