Governing coalition drops below 39% as opposition gains ground
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A Cluster 17 poll shows the governing parties falling as the opposition reaches 44.2% support, led by gains for the Five Star Movement and Avs. The shift is particularly pronounced among younger voters, whose preferences suggest a potential path for a broad center-left coalition that has spent much of the year searching for one.
The Del Vecchio family, the largest shareholder in MPS, has backed Intesa Sanpaolo’s takeover bid, a move likely to influence the direction of smaller investors. This consolidation arrives as savers face a more quiet erosion: data shows inflation has cost holders of a 100,000-euro deposit roughly 30,000 euros over the last two decades.
Puglia has banned raw tomatoes in schools and hospitals following two salmonella outbreaks, while a housing crisis is estimated to have reached three million people. In Florence, police were called to the Piazzale Michelangelo after a gas canister was found beneath the replica statue of David.