Italy's ruling parties, the League and 5-Star Movement, reached a deal on T...
ROME - Italy’s ruling parties, the League and 5-Star Movement, reached a deal on Tuesday over an overhaul of convoluted public tender rules in a sign that the coalition government is finally overcoming weeks of infighting.
Spurred on by his ultimatum, the leaders of the League and 5-Star, Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio, spoke by telephone for the first time in weeks, looking to put an end to the mutual recriminations and public dissent.Relations between the two coalition parties deteriorated dramatically in the build-up to last month’s EU parliamentary election, which saw the League become Italy’s most popular party while the 5-Star lost half its support in barely a year.
“You see, we have survived another day,” said a youthful 5-Star parliamentarian after the accord was announced. The European Commission is likely to begin disciplinary procedures against Italy on Wednesday over its failure to reduce public debt.
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