The ruling centre-left Democratic
Party (PD) edged in front of the anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) as Italy's top party in a poll Friday.
After weeks as No. 1, the M5S dropped slightly more than the
PD in the weekly poll by Ixè for State broadcaster RAI.
But the two parties could hardly be closer, with ex-premier
Matteo Renzi's PD on 28.6% and comedian Beppe Grillo's M5S on
28.5%.
On the other side of the fence, ex-premier Silvio
Berlusconi's Forza Italia (Fi) stayed ahead of the rightwing
populist Northern League of Matteo Salvini, at 12.9% to 12.4%.
FI recently regained top spot on the right from the League.
In other issues, 56% of those polled said it was wrong to
have published a wiretap in which Renzi tells his father to tell
the truth about his alleged involvement in the CONSIP
civil-service procurement agency graft case.
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