The League will not take no for an
answer on the planned enhanced autonomy of Lombardy and Veneto,
League leader and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini said Monday.
"We won't take a no on autonomy as is happening," he said
after Premier Giuseppe Conte clashed with Lombardy and Veneto
governors.
"The government depends on the autonomy reform," he said,
issuing a renewed warning to the League's partner the 5-Star
Movement (M5S).
"Otherwise we will go on on our own," Salvini threatened.
The League governors of Lombardy and Veneto, Attilio Fontana
and Luca Zaia, meanwhile replied to Conte's open letter in
Corriere della Sera in which he said that it was no use pushing
for a reform that would be deemed unconstitutional.
"We won't sign a farcical reform," they said.
The two governors said they were "deeply hurt by Conte's
words.
Meanwhile M5S leader Luigi Di Maio reiterated that the M5S
wanted "nothing to do with" the centre-left opposition
Democratic Party (PD).
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