A new survey by research firm Izi indicates that a significant majority of Italians do not support perceived expansionist ambitions by the United States, with concern growing over global security and the future of Western democracies. The findings were presented on the TV show L’Aria che Tira on La7.
According to the poll, 58% of respondents say that military intervention by a democratic state should be confined to pre‑emptive defense of national security, while 42% believe it could be justified to overthrow a dictatorship - a reference observers see tied to debates over Venezuela. The Italian public appears almost evenly divided on this issue, with 50.6% supporting Rome’s alignment with U.S. policy and 49.4% opposed.
Opinion was overwhelmingly negative toward U.S. ambitions in Greenland, with more than 90% of those surveyed rejecting such aims as illegitimate and unacceptable. Additionally, 84% of Italians feel that recent U.S. foreign policy has made the world less secure, and 73% believe the United States can no longer be regarded as a full democracy in light of recent events.