Thanks to the astute leadership of Matteo Salvini, La Lega is now the dominant political party in Italy:
Italy’s League under Matteo Salvini is now the most popular political party in the nation, with a voter affiliation of 33.8 percent, a nationwide electoral poll revealed Saturday.
The monthly survey conducted by the IPSOS research group, which inquired about citizens’ voting intentions, showed the Five Star Movement (M5S) — the League’s partner in the current coalition government — falling by 1.5 percentage points over the last month to 28.5 percent. This figure represents a three percentage-point drop for M5S from mid-July and a widening gap between the two governing partners.
Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party has meanwhile fallen to 7.8 percent, down slightly less than one point compared to the last published figure, while the center-left Democratic Party (PD) stands at 17 percent.
The PD registered a slight uptick compared to recent months, thanks to recent rallies, increased media visibility, and the perception of greater cohesion among the leadership of the party.
Observers suggest that the solid performance of the League is due in large part to the constant media presence of party chief Matteo Salvini, Italy’s interior minister and deputy prime minister. Salvini has persistently sought to rein in Italy’s illegal immigration problem and has stood up against globalist leaders such as France’s Emmanuel Macron.
Forza Italia support is all going to go to La Lega once Berlusconi is no longer in the picture, which means that La Lega is pushing near 40 percent in a parliamentary system, which is huge. Factor in the alliance with Cinque Stelle and that means the nationalists of left and right now represent about 70 percent of the Italian population.
I expect a push for Italexit after the next round of national elections. Italy does not need the European Union and will be much better off with a return to the Lira.