Italian parties agree to new coalition without far-right Salvini
Source: Axios
Italy's center-left Democratic Party (PD) and populist Five Star Movement said Wednesday they have agreed to form a coalition government, staving off new elections that appeared likely after the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte earlier this month, the BBC reports.
Why it matters: Matteo Salvini, the leader of the far-right League party and perhaps the most popular politician in Italy, withdrew his support on Aug. 8 from the unlikely coalition he had formed with Five Star after the 2018 election. Salvini hoped fresh elections might allow him to become prime minister. Instead, his gamble has expelled his party out of power. Conte has agreed to stay on as prime minister of the new coalition, per BBC.
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So Italy goes from populist-right to populist-left.
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)sanity is taking hold in Italy. This is a major upside against the Radical Right in Eourpe.
elleng
(130,903 posts)but Italy isn't known for stability in it's governing.
dhill926
(16,339 posts)looking forward to some right wing bashing, especially our asshole in chief...
elleng
(130,903 posts)Thinking of places I might visit, on my last trip across the pond, next year.
dhill926
(16,339 posts)first time there...
elleng
(130,903 posts)last was in 2001 (I think; gotta check my memory book!) AND before that, honeymoon; has been my favorite European adventure , but so much happening now, not so sure.
Berlin Expat
(950 posts)made a colossal political miscalculation and it blew up right in his face. He's been outmaneuvered by his former M5S coalition partners.
He's gotta be losing his s**t right about now. LOL. Good to see.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,591 posts)Let's hope the 5 Star idiots continue to lose support.