ROME. At a time when all opinion polls show that the far-right and centre-right coalition, led by Georgia Meloni ahead in Italy, due to early elections in September, fermentation also appears in the centre-left. An alliance was announced yesterday with the centre-left Democratic Party of the former prime minister Enrico Leta with the centrist party Azione (Action). Their participation in the Sept. 25 elections stipulates that nominations in single-member districts will be determined as follows: 70% of the candidates will belong to the Democrats, and the remaining 30% to Azione.

“This is a particularly important electoral alliance in the context of a broader agreement containing key elements to win the confrontation with the right,” Leta said. “It is inconceivable that our country, after the Draghi government came to power, would move into a phase where Georgia Meloni could take over as prime minister,” Leta added. “This agreement satisfies me and completely embraces me, there is a serious reference to the “Draghi agenda”. I think that today’s match will resume,” said the head of “Azione” Carlo Calenda. According to polls, the Democratic Party is gaining 23% of the vote, while Azione is 6%.

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Meanwhile, the Financial Times (FT) newspaper reports that Italian voters will punish the political parties that overthrew the government of national unity in Italy. Mario Draghi and led the country to anarchy. “The memory of how the Draghi government collapsed will play a role in choosing the electorate,” says Lorenzo Preliasco, founder of YouTrend, a public opinion polling company. “The implications that led to his resignation are deeply political and could affect the campaign in the coming weeks.” The latest polls show that the parties that abandoned Draghi, Forza Italia and Liga did not suffer much after the fall of the government.