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Italy's Populist League Gives Public a Say on Coalition Program

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By John Follain, Chiara Albanese, and Marco Bertacche

May 18, 2018 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated on

May 19, 2018 at 2:53 PM UTC

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Italians are having a say on the populist coalition’s policy program this weekend in an improvised ballot organized by the anti-immigration League, potentially moving the country closer to a government.

Party leader Matteo Salvini, 45, is giving Italians a say on the draft deal Saturday and Sunday, though his staff have boiled the 58-page agenda down to just one page and 10 key areas, omitting his would-be partner’s top policy plank: a minimum income for poorer citizens.