FI shd step aside, allow League-M5S govt (4)

(ANSA) - Rome, April 12 - 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.