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Italy’s Five Star Considers Offering Jobs to Rivals in Bid for Majority

  • Di Maio may drop opposition to letting rivals into cabinet
  • Five Star risks being outflanked by center-right’s maneuvers
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Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement is considering offering ministerial jobs to its political rivals to secure the parliamentary backing it needs to govern, according to party officials.

Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio’s preferred option would be to win support from the center-left Democratic Party or PD. As a second option he is also open to an alliance with fellow-euroskeptics of the League, said two Five Star officials who asked not to be named discussing party strategy. If those options fail, the party would feel confident heading into a repeat election, they added.