Anti-migrant Euroskeptic League
leader Matteo Salvini said Friday he had texted
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio on
government-formation efforts.
Salvini said he was seeking "an accord on facts" with the
M5S.
He also said that "those who look to the left are saying they
are out," referring to centre-right Forza Italia (FI) leader
Silvio Berlusconi's overture to the centre-left Democratic Party
(PD).
Salvini said earlier that he was ready to do everything to
prevent a government of non-political technocrats taking power
to end the deadlock after last month's inconclusive general
election.
"I have the clear sensation that someone wants to waste time,
they don't want any government so that we'll have a technical
government like that of (ex-premier Mario) Monti, remote
controlled from Brussels to fleece the Italian people," Salvini
said as he visited the Milan furniture fair.
"I'll do everything possible to avoid that con. I'll do
everything possible, including taking the field personally".
5-Star Movement (M5S) Senate Speaker Danilo Toninelli, on the
other hand, said Friday that it would be better to have new
elections if it is impossible to reach an agreement for a stable
government after last month's inconclusive vote.
"We are giving our all to give the Italian people a
government that improves their lives," Toninelli said via
Twitter.
"We remain the same as before: intransigent and bound to our
principles, coherence first and foremost.
"We are not interested in a government that scrapes by.
"At that point it is better to have a new election".
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