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Italy may be at a turning point to end a two-month political deadlock as Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio signalled he’s ready to give up his quest to be prime minister as a way to begin talks with the League’s Matteo Salvini on forming a government.
“I want to do a political government with the League based on some points,†Di Maio said on Sunday in an interview on broadcaster RAI. “If Di Maio as premier is the obstacle,†then let’s choose together another prime minister, he said.
Di Maio, 31, is making a last bid to form a “political government†before President Sergio Mattarella begins a final round of meetings with the parties after an inconclusive general election in March.
Mattarella will meet with party delegations on Monday at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. He will ask them if the stalemate that has kept the three main parties — Five Star Movement, the center-right and the center-left — from forming a government has been overcome, said a senior state official who declined to be named citing the confidential nature of the talks.
Di Maio said the center-right coalition will meet on Sunday to discuss its position. Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi plans to discuss the situation with Salvini in Rome later on Sunday, according to Italian newswire Ansa.