Italy’s two anti-establishment populist parties, Five Star Movement (M5S) and Lega (NL), formed an alliance to pass the first challenge of setting up a new Italian government. Last Friday they came together and struck a deal to elect the speakers of the upper (the Senate) and lower houses (the Chamber of Deputies) of Parliament. Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy – Flickr: Palazzo Madama, Rome, Italy Last Saturday, Roberto Fico was elected as the lower house speaker, thanks to the nomination of M5S party chief, Luigi Di Maio, and the deal struck by M5S and LN.
In return for the M5S […]
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