Rightwing populist League leader
Matteo Salvini said Monday he was ready to be premier but would
not "take the ball away" if anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
(M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio wanted to be premier instead of him.
"I am ready but having said that I didn't come into the world
45 years ago saying either I'm premier or I'll get angry and
take the ball away from the five-a-side pitch," he said on the
Milan council, where he is still a councillor.
"I'm ready for anything and I'll do anything to bring a
programme and a team voted by the Italians into government, but
having said that, we'll see over the coming weeks".
He voiced the hope there would be "points of contact" with
the M5S on their respective governing programmes.
Salvini said the only alliance he could rule out was with the
centre-left Democratic Party (PD), which has vowed to stay in
opposition after a crushing election defeat.
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