Italy’s far-right, Five Star jostle as government talks fail

Italy’s far-right, Five Star jostle as government talks fail

Anti-establishment and far-right leaders stood firm Thursday in a battle for the upper hand after talks with the president on who can lead a new Italian government fell flat. Five Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio called on right-wing leader Matteo Salvini to ditch coalition partner Silvio Berlusconi, and “change Italy” with the M5S.

Di Maio’s M5S, Italy’s largest single party after picking up just under 33 percent of the vote in last month’s election, is staunchly opposed to working with the 81-year-old media magnate and wants to break up the right-wing coalition that garnered 37 percent of votes […]

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