ROME - Italian anti-establishment and far-right parties took a step closer to forming a government by publishing a joint policy programme on Friday. I'm very happy," wrote Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio on Facebook. On Thursday evening, League leader Matteo Salvini said it would be handed to Mattarella on Monday. By that time he and Di Maio are also expected to have chosen their candidate for prime minister. "I am very confident," Di Maio told supporters late Thursday in the northern town of Monza.

Source: Bangkok Post May 18, 2018 11:37 UTC