By European People’s Party [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Italy’s election delivered a victory for populist parties on Monday, though none earned enough of the vote to rule on their own. Over half of the vote went to either the right-wing, immigration-focused League party, or the unconventional Five-Star Movement which promotes a universal basic income. Both parties have called for rewriting treaties with Europe to grant Italy more sovereignty from the European Union, stopping short of calling for an exit from the EU.
However, it is unclear whether the parties will be able to form a government together. […]
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