The anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) on Thursday reiterated that the centre-right
Forza Italia (FI) party of ex-premier and media magnate Silvio
Berlusconi should "step aside" and allow a government between
FI's coalition ally the rightiwng populist League and the M5S.
"We repeat," said M5S Senate and House Whips Danilo
Toninelli and Giulia Grillo, "never a government with Berlusconi
and Fi.
"Forza Italia could solve the impasse by stepping aside and
thus allowing an M5S-League government".
Earlier FI's House Whip Maria Stella Gelmini said There can
only be a government-formation deal between the centre right and
the M5S if the M5S recognises Berlusconi.
She said a "formal declaration" was needed, otherwise there
would be "no dialogue".
M5S leader Luigi Di Maio has repeatedly said the M5S would
like to do a deal with anti-migrant Euroskeptic League leader
Matteo Salvini, the centre right's new leader, but only if
Salvini ditches Berlusconi.
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