Italy heading for post-election deal, but don't tell the voters


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Feb 2018

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's election is just two weeks away and political rivals insist they will not strike a deal to form a government in the case of a hung parliament, which the final polls suggest will be the most likely result.

During the campaign, centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi called the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement's chief, Luigi Di Maio, just a "pretty face" whose only work experience was as an usher at the Naples soccer stadium "so he could watch the games for free".

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