Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Italy's Five Star Movement (M5S), is taking a tough stance with his proposed new coalition partners in Rome.
Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Italy's Five Star Movement , is taking a tough stance with his proposed new coalition partners in Rome, saying the Democratic Party needs to accept a string of policy demands to fulfil a power-sharing agreement.
Longtime animosity between M5S and PD had made the alliance an unlikely one, but it now seems to be in doubt after fresh comments from Di Maio. Di Maio explained that if this new government with PD were to be formed, then "it needs to carry out reforms that Italians have been waiting for for years, reforms on justice, on taxation, on employment, on health, on welfare."
Failure to reach a new pact would see political turmoil return to Italy and increase the chances of snap election. Lawmakers also need to agree on a new budget in the coming months which has only increased the pressure of forming a government.
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