Interior Minister and League
leader Matteo Salvini on Tuesday blasted the possibility that
the Democratic Party (PD) and the 5-Star Movement (M5S) could
form a government after he pulled the plug on Premier Giuseppe
Conte's executive.
"(Ex premier and PD bigwig Matteo) Renzi returning to
government thanks to the M5S would be a swindle of the Italian
people," Salvini said.
"It would be shameful".
Former party leader Matteo Renzi proposed the PD forming an
administration with the M5S to pass the budget law and a reform
cutting the number of lawmakers and take care of ordinary
business until elections are held next year.
The proposal was dismissed by PD leader Nicola Zingaretti
after it caused a big row within the frequently fractious party
and revived talk of a possible split that would reportedly see
Renzi loyalists forming a separate group.
Former culture minister Dario Franceschini, meanwhile, said
Tuesday that he was in favour of the proposal made by fellow
Democratic Party (PD) member Goffredo Bettini for the
centre-left group to reach an agreement with the M5S for a
government that would last for the rest of the current
parliamentary term, rather than a few months.
"Bettini has highlighted a path that is difficult to take,
but it is intelligent and I think it is worth trying,"
Franceschini said via Twitter.
"It will be full of hazards and we can only try if there is a
pact with the PD: (we must) all work like a team, united around
the leader (Nicola Zingaretti)".
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