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ROME — Italy's centrist Azione party will leave the center-left electoral alliance it struck with the Democratic Party (PD) earlier this week ahead of a Sept. 25 vote, Azione said on Sunday. Stated.
Azione's decision to withdraw was seen by Italy's Green Left coalition and centrist party Inpegno Civico to strengthen the already lagging centre-left of his PD. It took place the day after he agreed to join the led alliance. conservative rival.
Opinion polls show the Conservative League is likely to win next month's elections, with the far-right Italian Brotherhood set to become the largest single political party. Italian electoral law favors political parties that form broad alliances.
Azione leader Carlo Calenda said on Sunday that he had told the PD leader that Azione was withdrawing from the deal, citing the party that voted against the Draghi government. He cited existence as one of the reasons.
The September vote was called after the unity government, led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi, collapsed last month. Although Draghi resigned, he served as acting prime minister.
"This was the most difficult decision of my life," Callenda told state-run TV channel Rai Tre.
Azione agreed to ally with his PD, the largest center-left party, and to solidify its conservative position, adhered to Draghi's foreign policy of supporting Ukraine and set goals for promised to achieve We need access to billions of euros in funding from the European Union.
(Reporting by Federico Maccioni and Angelo Amante, Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
