A new poll is showing that support for the European Union (EU) among Italians is on the rise, though analysts said it is still far below levels from that before the current economic malaise started to grip the country a decade ago.
In a special survey taken to gauge public opinion across Europe ahead of this week’s meeting of the European Council, polling service Eurobarometer found that after years of generally trending downward, Italy’s views toward the EU were starting to improve.