Anti-migrant Euroskeptic League
leader Matteo Salvini said after the second round of
government-formation consultations with President Sergio
Mattarella Thursday it was time to say "enough" to vetoes and
tactics by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S).
"If the game of political tactics and vetoes were to continue
while Italians suffer it means that the demand for change that
emerged from the elections won't be met," he said.
"Let's hope that isn't so for Italy, which is the greatest
value for us".
Salvini said the centre right expected the M5S to show
"responsibility" in government-formation efforts.
The centre right is ready to form a government with a premier
indicated by the League, Salvini said.
He said it was ready to form a "strong and long-lasting
government".
Salvini said that there was a unit of intent and programmes
on the centre right, which also features Silvio Berlusconi's
centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party and Giorgia Meloni's
nationalist Brothers of Italy (FdI) party.
On Syria, Salvini said the centre right believed Italy should
be loyal to NATO but "extraneous" to military intervention.
Berlusconi said the centre-right coalition that came out top
in the March 4 general elections with 37% in total compared to
the M5S's 32% on its own was "extremely solid, extremely
compact".
The M%S has been trying to woo Salvini away from Berlusconi.
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