The leader of the Alliance of
Democrats and Liberals for Europe (ALDE), Guy Verhofstadt, said
Monday ALDE was pulling out of a deal with Italy's
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S). "I have arrived at the
conclusion that there are not sufficient guarantees to carry
forward a common agenda to reform Europe," the former Belgian
premier said, adding that "there is not enough common ground to
proceed with the 5-Star Movement's request to join the ALDE
group". He said "there remain fundamental differences on key
European questions". ALDE was to have voted on admitting the M5S
on Tuesday. That vote has now been scrubbed.
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