Renzi approval rating down 3% to 55%

(ANSA) - Rome, April 18 - An Ixè poll on Friday showed Premier Matteo Renzi's approval ratings dropped 3% to 55%.
    Ratings also dropped for President Giorgio Napolitano (-2%) and 5-Star Movement leader Beppe Grillo (-1%). Three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi scored 18%, overtaken by his former second-in-command and current Interior Minister Angelino Alfano at 19%. The poll of 1,000 respondents aged 18 and up also showed 53% of Italians will use an 80-euro tax refund promised by the government to pay down debts, 29% will put it into their savings account, and 18% will spend it immediately.