5Stars and League reach deal to break Italian impasse
Source: Politico
ROME — The anti-establishment 5Star Movement and far-right League reached a deal Sunday on a government platform and common candidate for prime minister that could put a populist alliance in charge of the third-largest economy in the eurozone.
The two parties will report back to President Sergio Mattarella Monday, after agreeing to set aside their leaders’ own ambitions for the prime ministership. The president will likely call a final round of consultations with the parties, then make a final decision on whom to appoint as the new premier.
The deal between the 5Stars and the League was the result of a last-ditch effort to break a two-month impasse and avoid the president imposing a “neutral government” that would have led to another election. 5Star leader Luigi Di Maio and the League’s Matteo Salvini met twice in Milan over the weekend to hammer out the details of a coalition deal.
“We are writing history and it obviously takes a bit of time,” Di Maio told reporters after Sunday’s meeting with Salvini. Di Maio later confirmed they have reached a deal on a prime ministerial candidate but declined to give a name, saying only that it is “a politician, not a technocrat.”
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