Right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini's drive for early elections in Ital...
ROME - Right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini’s drive for early elections in Italy hit a road bump on Monday with parliamentary party leaders failing to decide when the Senate should debate his no-confidence motion in the government.
Salvini, now interior minister in a year-old coalition with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, wants to capitalize on his surging popularity in the opinion polls and hold a new election that could see him crowned as prime minister. Di Maio ruled out rumors that he might hook up with former PD Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to form an alternative coalition. But looking to play for time, both the 5-Star and PD said Conte should address parliament on Aug. 20 over the crisis and not Aug. 14, as the League has demanded.
Ahead of the Senate session, Salvini is expected to meet former center-right prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who leads Forza Italia , to discuss reviving a long-standing electoral pact between their two parties.
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