Attendees applaud Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi as he arrives to address the lower house of parliament ahead of a vote of confidence for the government after he tendered his resignation last week in the wake of a mutiny by a coalition partner, in Rome, Italy July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
Italy’s center-right coalition is seen gaining ground after a center-left coalition pact collapsed on Sunday, a poll by Quorum/YouTrend for Sky TG24 shows.
The poll is the first one published after the centrist Azione party pulled out of a coalition agreement with the Democratic Party just days after announcing it. The alliance was made in a bid to counter a forecast landslide victory by right-wing parties in the upcoming Sept. 25 general election but the break up seems to have reinforced the shift of voters to the right.
The center-right coalition is now set to reach 48.2% of votes from 46% in a previous reading, the poll shows. Right-wing party Brothers of Italy is confirmed in the top spot with 24.2% of preferences, while the center-left coalition, without Calenda’s centrist party, is seen falling to around 29% from 33%.
Even in a scenario in which Azione teams up with former Premier Matteo Renzi’s Italy Alive party, the right-wing coalition is seen at 49%, the poll showed. In that scenario the left-wing coalition would reach 27.4% of votes.
