Italy's Populists Drop Debt Writeoff in Plan for Government
- Five Star, League agree on tax cuts, EU treaties review
- Di Maio and Salvini are meeting on program, government posts
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Italy’s populist parties say they have virtually completed a government program which has dropped a request for a 250-billion-euro writeoff from the European Central Bank and pledges tax cuts, pension reform and a review of European Union treaties.
Luigi Di Maio of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and Matteo Salvini of the anti-immigrant League met on Thursday morning to review sections on the EU, deficit spending, a flat tax and immigration, a Five Star official said. They will also discuss the premiership and ministers’ jobs, the official added.