Italy’s Establishment Vetoes the Populists
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Italy’s two populist leaders forged a coalition from very different policy platforms. They found a prime minister that both could accept. Then President Sergio Mattarella vetoed their finance minister and their bid for power foundered, unleashing chaos and rage in equal measure in Rome.
Mattarella may now ask a former IMF official to form a technocratic government. Five Star and the League meanwhile are talking about impeaching the head of state.