Sunday, 4 March 2018

Italy's 5-Star rallies voters as rivals fret

Italy's 5-Star rallies voters as rivals fretBy Isla Binnie ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 5-Star Movement told roaring supporters it was close to winning a looming election at the end of campaigning on Friday as its main rivals worried about the anti-establishment party's popularity. Pollsters predict Sunday's parliamentary election will result in a hung parliament in which former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's alliance of center-right groups will be the largest bloc and 5-Star the biggest single party. The ruling center-left Democratic Party (PD) has failed to capitalize on a tentative economic recovery following the worst recession since World War Two, and the coalition it heads could end up in third place.




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