Italy PM Renzi sees slide in approval as headwinds grow


  • World
  • Monday, 17 Nov 2014

Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi arrives to attend a meeting with Italy's female national volleyball team at Chigi Palace in Rome November 11, 2014. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government has seen a marked drop in its approval rating as economic difficulties have grown but he remains by far the country's most popular leader, a poll on Sunday showed.

According to the survey by polling institute Demos for the left-leaning La Repubblica daily, if an election were held immediately, Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party would win 36.3 percent of the vote in the lower house.

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