(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Most people in Italy trust their prime minister, according to a poll by IPR Marketing published in La Repubblica. 56 per cent of respondents express confidence in Silvio Berlusconi, down two points since December.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Most people in Italy trust their prime minister, according to a poll by IPR Marketing published in La Repubblica. 56 per cent of respondents express confidence in Silvio Berlusconi, down two points since December.
Italian voters renewed the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in April. Final results gave Berlusconi’s right-wing coalition—encompassing the Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL), the Northern League (LN), and the Movement for Autonomy (MPA)—344 seats in the lower house, and 174 seats in the upper house. The victory put an end to the government of the centre-left Union (Unione), headed by Romano Prodi.
Berlusconi—Italy’s richest man—was sworn in as the country’s new head of government in May. He had previously served as prime minister from May 1994 to January 1995, and from June 2001 to May 2006.
On Jan. 20, Berlusconi told people not to worry about an announced drop of two per cent in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), saying it is not as "dramatic" as some may think, and adding, "All it means is that we are going back to where we were two years ago."
Polling Data
Do you have confidence in Silvio Berlusconi?
|
|
Jan. 2009 |
Dec. 2008 |
Nov. 2008 |
|
Yes |
56% |
58% |
58% |
|
No |
41% |
40% |
40% |
Source: IPR Marketing / La Repubblica
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2009. No margin of error was provided.
