Is Italy's government on a collision course with the EU?
Brussels has shown concern about the rhetoric of M5S and League, but the ragtag coalition has domestic worries of its own
by Jon Henley
May 24, 2018
3 minutes
Italy’s unlikely new coalition partners, the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League, disagree on so much that the new government will have a “conciliation committee” to settle its internal differences.
But on some things, most notably an avowed desire to stick it to Europe, the two rival parties agree, and if they follow through on their promises Italy will be set on a collision course with the EU. The question is:
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