Italian president considers installing neo-fascist government
On Wednesday, two days after Italian President Sergio Mattarella approved a technocratic government under Prime Minister Carlo Cottarelli, he reversed course and signaled that he might instead install a far-right government. He had vetoed a government of the two leading parties in the March elections, the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right Lega, warning that it could lead Italy out of the euro currency.
Yesterday, however, Lega and the M5S advanced a chaotic range of competing scenarios for possible governments or new elections. There were reports that elections could be scheduled as early as September. All the proposals being advanced make clear, however, that Italy’s far-right is rapidly entrenching its position in ruling circles.
Initially, M5S leader Luigi di Maio said he could abandon his proposed economy minister, anti-euro economist Paolo Savona, if Mattarella would agree to a M5S-Lega government led by Giuseppe Conte. “There are two paths ahead. Either we launch the Conte government with a reasonable solution or we vote right away,” di Maio said.
Lega leader Matteo Salvini rejected this proposal and instead called for fresh elections, mocking di Maio for surrendering to Mattarella on the euro currency: “Di Maio is open to a deal? We are not on the market. Let’s go vote right away. We have tried to do a government, but it is never good enough for Mattarella, so then you give up. The president should explain how we get out of this impasse.”
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