Salvini says texted Di Maio (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, April 19 - 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".