Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
ROME (Reuters) - Italian local elections that end on Monday could give a morale boost to Prime Minister Enrico Letta and confirm that support for the populist 5-Star Movement is waning.
Despite a slump in turnout as Italians lose faith in their politicians, Letta hopes for a positive result for his centre-left Democratic Party (PD), which nearly imploded after throwing away a 10-point lead it held ahead of February's inconclusive general election.
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