Italy's opposition Democrats signal their willingness to work with an archrival to cobble together a Europe-centric coalition solid enough to counter fast-rising nationalist leader Matteo Salvini and avoid an early election.
Italy's opposition Democrats signaled their willingness Thursday to work with an archrival to cobble together a Europe-centric coalition solid enough to counter fast-rising nationalist leader Matteo Salvini and avoid an early election.
Salvini's rival in the outgoing government, Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio of the populist 5-Star Movement, was to meet with Mattarella later Thursday. The outcome of that meeting was expected to indicate if the 5-Stars, Parliament's biggest party, would entertain the Democrats' overture to counter Salvini.
Zingaretti acknowledged immediately that it was a gamble but contended it was"useful" to try. If the Democrats and the 5-Stars fail to work together,"the natural way out of the crisis is new, early elections," Zingaretti said. Zingaretti said any new government formed now would have to pledge to protect the"pro-European vocation" of Italy. The 5-Stars, however, frequently depict European Union policies as infringing on Italy's autonomy.
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