Forza Italia up in polls, PD, Northern League down

(ANSA) - Rome, March 13 - Berlusconi's Forza Italia party rose 1.3% in poll numbers released Friday, while declines came for Italian Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD), Matteo Salvini's Northern League, and Beppe Grillo's 5-Star Movement, according to a weekly survey of voter intentions conducted by polling group SWG.
    Compared to last week, Forza Italia rose to 16.0% from 14.7%; while the PD now stands at 39.2%, down from 39.8%; the Northern League at 13.0%, down from 13.6%; and the 5-Star Movement at 16.5%, down from 17.0%.
    The SWG poll was conducted on a representative sample of 2,000 adults between March 9-11 for their weekly report on voter intentions.