World News in Cartoons : Snap Elections in Italy, a fatal blow?

The political situation in Italy has precipitated into crisis mode.

The heads of political groups will meet on Monday to set a date for the vote, the upper house press office said. Salvini’s Lega said on Thursday the only alternative to the current government was a fresh election, as it ruled out another cabinet reshuffle in the wake of growing policy differences with its coalition partner, 5-Star.

The party in a statement it was “useless to go ahead with daily quarrels”, and listed a raft of areas in which it had a “different vision” from 5-Star, including infrastructure, taxes, justice, and relations with the EU.

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First published on POLITICO.eu, Belgium, August 10, 2019 | By Rytis Daukantas

via POLITICO / Euronews 

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