国际英语资讯:News Analysis: How German vote may affect Italy, next EU country in line for election_时事

国际英语资讯:News Analysis: How German vote may affect Italy, next EU country in line for election

Moderate, pro-European parties would push harder for a reform of some EU policies, in order to better address Italian citizens' needs and worries, Niglia explained.

Their solution for slowing down the populist wave among the electorate (Italian and European) would be to call for "more Europe", not less, but better functioning.

This position would be represented at most by Italy's center-left Democratic Party (PD), which was leading the current coalition government.

On the contrary, euro-sceptic (or simply anti-euro) parties would feel time has come "to give the final push" against the European Union, according to Niglia.

Strongest on this front would be Italy's populist Five Star Movement (M5S) -- currently the largest opposition force, and neck-to-neck with center-left PD in latest opinion polls -- and anti-immigration Northern League party.

The outcome of the German vote would possibly affect Italian parties' strategies in another way, leading business daily Il Sole 24 commented on Tuesday.

"A major topic will be the 'grand coalition', for which the two main German parties (CDU/CSU and SPD) have paid a high price, and especially German Social Democrats," political analyst Lina Palmerini wrote.

This was expected to be the "big taboo" of the Italian campaign, according to Il Sole. "The perspective (of a grand coalition) will be dismissed from both the left and the right, putting both sides in troubles."