An Ixè poll on Friday showed
Premier Matteo Renzi's approval ratings dropped 3% to 55%.
Ratings also dropped for President Giorgio Napolitano (-2%)
and 5-Star Movement leader Beppe Grillo (-1%).
Three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi scored 18%, overtaken
by his former second-in-command and current Interior Minister
Angelino Alfano at 19%.
The poll of 1,000 respondents aged 18 and up also showed
53% of Italians will use an 80-euro tax refund promised by the
government to pay down debts, 29% will put it into their savings
account, and 18% will spend it immediately.
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