Italy’s president accepted a political novice — a populist coalition’s candidate — as prime minister on Wednesday in a bid to forge a functioning government and end the nation’s weekslong political deadlock.
The anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the nationalist League have been in coalition talks to try and break a political deadlock that had resulted from the country’s March elections. Five Star emerged with the largest number of votes but fell well short of a majority.
The coalition produced a radical joint program for governing last week, which included slashing taxes via a flat tax, increasing spending on social programs, […]
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