Seen from France, the Italian left is not doing so badly, even if it remains in the minority in the intentions to vote in the legislative elections of 2023: with two still substantial forces, the Democratic Party (20% of the vote) and the 5-star Movement, alias M5S (16.5%), which together therefore account for 36.5% of the electorate, according to Demopolis.
The Italian left does not have strong competition from environmentalists and is still cemented by the desire to push back a powerful far right and by the keen awareness that, in a parliamentary system with a highly proportional one-round ballot, there is no of salvation outside of covenants.
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Today, to face the health and economic situation, all have agreed to be diluted within a government of national unity around Mario Draghi.
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