The centre-left Democratic Party
(PD) on Thursday knocked back an overture from the 5-Star
Movement (M5S) for it to come on board with the
anti-establishment group for an agreement for a new government.
M5S Senate whip Danilo Toninelli called on the PD to help
break Italy's post-election political deadlock by "taking a step
forward" towards signing a contract of government with the M5S.
But Ettore Rosato, the deputy Lower House Speaker and a
senior PD figure considered close to ex-premier and former party
leader Matteo Renzi, ruled this out.
"We are not a spare wheel," Rosato said.
"It is not enough to tippex out the election manifesto to
make people forget that for years you considered the PD's
reforms to be absolute evil".
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