Italy's buoyant 5-Star keeps options open on euro referendum


  • World
  • Friday, 24 Mar 2017

Luigi Di Maio of the 5-Star Movement attends a news conference in Rome, Italy March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

ROME (Reuters) - The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, Italy's most popular political party, said on Thursday a referendum on the euro was not its top priority and that it hoped Europe would reform before a ballot could be arranged.

Benefitting from a schism in the ruling Democratic Party, opinion polls suggest 5-Star is likely to win 2018 elections and its policies are coming under increasing scrutiny, especially a plan for a euro referendum which scares financial markets.

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