ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 5-Star Movement will hold an online ballot of its members to decide whether to back a Mario Draghi government only after the Prime Minister-designate outlines an agenda, the group's leader Vito Crimi said on Wednesday. "Saying 'yes' or 'no' to Draghi would be too simplistic... We news to vote a programme, and we are going to wait for Draghi to meet the unions and Italy's business lobby," Crimi told daily Corriere della Sera in an interview. He is expected to report back to Italy's head of state and propose his list of cabinet ministers by Thursday. Crimi added that the movement would not take part in a government led by Draghi "at all costs" but that it had been reassured by him on key policies. Crimi denied that the 5-Star movement would split over the choice of joining Draghi's government.

Source: The Star February 10, 2021 08:08 UTC