Salvini drops calls for government’s resignation

Italy’s League Party Matteo Salvini, has  dropped his calls for the government to resign and is instead proposing that all the main parties work together to solve the country’s most pressing problems.

Reuters reports that Salvini’s switch from fierce opposition to appeals for collaboration have left many observers puzzled, with some interpreting it as a sign that he is losing hope that the fractious ruling coalition will collapse any time soon.

“Let’s sit around a table and find agreement on five priorities for the country: savings, growth policies, justice, infrastructure and health before it’s too late, then we can have an election,” the League chief tweeted on Monday.

In an interview with private television station Canale 5, Salvini added that a new electoral law would also have to be agreed, and said the League was not asking for a role in government while the reform process went on.

Via Reuters / Canale 5 / TgCom