Italy’s Center-Left Join Forces Against Right-Wing Landslide
- Democrats, centrists agree not to present divisive candidates
- Allies say they want continuity with Premier Draghi’s agenda
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Italy’s Democratic party and centrists have formed an alliance ahead of general elections next month to try to counter a possible right-wing landslide victory.
The left-wing Democratic Party and centrist parties +Europe and Azione have agreed to combine forces ahead of the vote scheduled for Sept. 25, leaders said during a press conference on Tuesday. Among other things they agreed not to name divisive candidates that could disperse votes favoring the right and to pursue the current government’s reform agenda.