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[umbertino]

'Agreement' on migrants, flat tax, basic income -Di Maio (M5S)

Talks with League's Salvini going well says M5S leader

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

11 May 201814:58 News

 

© ANSA  Luigi Di Maio

 

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/05/11/agreement-on-migrants-flat-tax-basic-income-di-maio_d5f8bf26-e335-4c86-8125-1e9e8617a219.html

 

 

[umbertino]

 

Italy could have a government by Sunday

 

Italian anti-establishment and far-right leaders met on Friday to hash out a deal over a joint government that could be announced as soon as Sunday

 

 

AFP

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@thelocalitaly

11 May 2018

17:26 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

Matteo Salvini (L) and Luigi Di Maio. Photos: Filippo Monteforte/Alberto Pizzoli/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180511/italy-could-have-a-government-by-sunday

 

 

 

umb's note: Not the type of Gov't I particularly like  but Country needs to be governed anyway...And I (almost) never take anything ( good or bad) for granted....Maybe these gentlemen will be able to impress me favorably and really work for the best of the Nation and the People....Who knows.....Mind open....

 

 

We'll know something ( if gov't deal is finally done and a sure thing, with the PM name  which was not revealed so far) hopefully by tomorrow ( Monday)

Edited May 13, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italy’s M5S and League parties poised to name a prime minister

 

Leaders will submit policy programme to president in which they are likely to take tougher stance on EU

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 14 May 2018 10.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/14/italy-m5s-five-star-movement-league-parties-name-prime-minister

[Shabibilicious]

Tried to do for you what I could this morning, Umbertino......sadly my bag of emeralds is already empty......Hahaha....I think they're on to me.  

 

GO RV, then BV

[umbertino]

23 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

Tried to do for you what I could this morning, Umbertino......sadly my bag of emeralds is already empty......Hahaha....I think they're on to me.  

 

GO RV, then BV

 

 

You're very kind and very loyal as usual, my Friend....Don't worry about anything....

 

This assault towards me had to occur sooner or later ( sure, I know....I did look for it...Ok, conceded) ...

 

I did expect it myself and I'm already regretting my venting post about me getting negs ( that was childish of me...admitting that too)...That was a definite mistake ( writing that) on my part as that increased the hunt for more blood by a few hating wolves here...Again my fault...

 

You're ( and others ) a great Individual , Shabs...I did already admire you for your integrity and I do even more now......

 

Ciao my Friend...It's all fine

[umbertino]

Italy’s M5S and League parties asked for more time to iron out policy

 

Leaders were expected to name a prime minister and present policy programme to the president

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 14 May 2018 20.14 BST

 

 

The leader of the League party, Matteo Salvini, talks to journalists after a meeting with his counterpart in the Five Star Movement, Luigi Di Maio, in Milan

Photograph: Flavio Lo Scalzo/EPA

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/14/italy-m5s-five-star-movement-league-parties-name-prime-minister

 

 

 

 

Markets shrug off prospect of new Italian government - as it happened

 

All the day’s economic and financial news, as Italy’s League and Movement Five Star move towards forming a new government

 

Graeme Wearden

Mon 14 May 2018 18.50 BST First published on Mon 14 May 2018 08.19 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2018/may/14/markets-new-italian-government-m5s-league-euro-bonds-business-live

Edited May 14, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

New Italian government put on hold as 'key issues' remain unresolved

 

The leader of Italy's far-right League party Matteo Salvini said on Monday that there were "key issues" still be settled with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, likely delaying a mooted deal to form a new government

 

 

AFP/The Local

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14 May 2018

17:41 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180514/italian-government-put-on-hold-more-time

[umbertino]

An introductory guide to the (umb's note: complicated) Italian political system

 

Italian politics is complex and often confusing. Wondering what the president actually does? Why some regions are treated differently? And what about elections? The Local is here to explain

 

 

The Local

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@thelocalitaly

18 May 2017 (1 year old)

09:04 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

The Quirinale presidential palace in Rome. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20170518/italys-political-system-key-things-to-know

[umbertino]

 

Financial Times:

Rome opens its gates to the modern barbarians

 

The economic proposals of Five Star and the League are cause for concern

 

14 May, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.ft.com/content/6348cc64-5764-11e8-b8b2-d6ceb45fa9d0

 

[umbertino]

Salvini, Di Maio chafe against EU

'Interference' says League leader, 'attacks' says M5S chief

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

15 May 201819:08 News

 

FOTO

Salvini  and Di Maio © ANSA

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/05/15/salvini-di-maio-chafe-against-eu_d5770906-6510-422b-bd38-4fb245333330.html

[umbertino]

 

Soap opera maybe, just maybe coming to an end......

 

 

40-page M5s-League contract, also vaccines - sources

Italexit no longer an option

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

16 May 201819:04 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/05/16/40-page-m5s-league-contract-also-vaccines-sources_61b77842-1ec9-4ed3-a8b1-19c3308d3c27.html

[umbertino]

Populists’ rise to power in Italy sets perilous precedent for EU

 

Some analysts fear coalition of M5S and the League could tip Italy into a Greek-style crisis

 

 

Thu 17 May 2018 12.35 BST

Jon Henley European affairs correspondent

 

 

 

 

Matteo Salvini, the leader of the League

Photograph: Flavio Lo Scalzo/EPA

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/17/populists-rise-to-power-in-italy-sets-perilous-precedent-for-eu

[umbertino]

 

Total madness...

 

Euro Shivers as Analyst Warns Italy can be "the Straw that Breaks the Camel's Back"

 

• Modified: Thursday, 17 May 2018 07:23
• Written by Gary Howes

 

- Markets starting to take notice of potential Italian policy under new leadership

- Damage to Euro still limited at this stage

- But IG warn Italy could still be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back

 

 

https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/eurusd/9082-euro-outlook-amidst-italian-political

[umbertino]

 

Commenting above article....

 

 

...And New Gov't wasn't even created  yet....And these Politicians talk like that and ask for things like that....Insane in the least.....

Edited May 17, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italy's first black minister fears far-right party's government influence

 

Cécile Kyenge, who is now an MEP, speaks out after the League agrees a power-sharing deal with M5S

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Fri 18 May 2018 14.57 BST

 

 

Cécile Kyenge, pictured in 2013, said: ‘It is very difficult for me to see that a party that accepts it is racist is going to manage law.’

Photograph: Massimiliano Schiazza/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/18/italy-government-cecile-kyenge-the-league-lega-far-right

 

 

[umbertino]

Italy awaits PM nominee after populists unveil government programme

Anti-establishment and far-right parties began haggling over who will be Italy's next prime minister after publishing a joint policy programme on Friday that brought the eurozone's third largest economy a step closer to a populist government

 

 

AFP

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@thelocalitaly

19 May 2018

04:15 CEST+02:00

 

 

Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio suggested he could be a PM candidate. Photo: ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180519/italy-awaits-pm-nominee-after-populists-unveil-government-programme

 

[umbertino]

Why economists are worried ( umb's note: and rightly so....It's an authentic economical and political suicide) about Italian populists' government plan

 

The eurozone may have dodged a bullet when Italian populist parties gave up a plan to exit the single currency, but their free-spending ideas could still set them on a collision course with EU partners, economists said on Friday

 

 

AFP

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18 May 2018

17:00 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

A woman reads the government programme on the M5S website. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP

 

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180518/why-economists-are-worried-about-italian-populists-government-plan

[umbertino]

 

Basically these 2 parties have a few things in common ( besides each of them having its strong campaign  points / promises....)

 

They  both ( that was only half-admitted  so far...) want to get out of the Euro and out of the European Union ( of which Italy is one of the founding Countries, mind you)

 

This simply means for this disgraced Nation of mine.....The END..... Pure and simple....Becoming like Greece ...Surely much worse.....

 

Let's hope there's a way to stop this senseless act  ( a suicide)

Edited May 19, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italy's coalition programme plan: point by point

 

By Lillo Montalto Monella

last updated: 18/05/2018

 

 

 

 

http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/18/italy-s-coalition-programme-plan-point-by-point

[caz1104]

I read on the internet (so it must be true) that some guy named Mussolini garnered 5% of the votes......story said his numbers would have been much higher if he'd only been........... ALIVE!

[umbertino]

2 hours ago, caz1104 said:

I read on the internet (so it must be true) that some guy named Mussolini garnered 5% of the votes......story said his numbers would have been much higher if he'd only been........... ALIVE!

 

You mean the current Mussolini? Alessandra?  She's part of Berlusconi's party ...Forza Italia....

 

She's Benito's granddaughter

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandra_Mussolini

Edited May 19, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

 

Only partly agreeing but posting anyway...

 

Italy’s policies make sense, it’s eurozone rules that are absurd

 

Tax and spending plans will cost around €60bn a year, or 3.5% of Italy’s GDP

 

 

Sun 20 May 2018 11.05 BST

By  Larry Elliott

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/20/italys-policies-make-sense-its-eurozone-rules-that-are-absurd

[umbertino]

 

 

Eur60B = $70.97B

 

[umbertino]

France warns Italy against breaking EU commitments

 

The stability of the eurozone will be at stake if a populist new government in Italy fails to keep its financial commitments, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned on Sunday

 

AFP

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@thelocalitaly

20 May 2018

14:42 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

League leader Matteo Salvini and M5S leader Luigi Di Maio. Photos: Filippo MONTEFORTE, Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180520/france-warns-italy-against-breaking-eu-commitments

 

 

umb's note:  Agreed....Obviously

[umbertino]

Italy's Populists Seek New Premier Amid Euro Warning

 

By

John Follain

and

Marco Bertacche

20 maggio 2018, 14:16 CEST Updated on 20 maggio 2018, 20:03 CEST

 

 

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-20/italy-s-populists-seek-new-premier-amid-french-warning-on-euro

 

 

umb's note: Never heard of Mr. Giuseppe Conte......A huge question mark.......We'll see.....