Italy's League, 5-Star deny plans to join forces in EU parliament


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Feb 2019

FILE PHOTO: Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for a news conference in Rome, Italy, January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's far-right League party and its government coalition partner the populist 5-Star Movement denied on Wednesday reports they plan to join forces in the European Parliament after the May vote.

The two rival parties teamed up last year to form a coalition government, and the League has suggested that the two should combine in Strasbourg to leverage the strength of eurosceptic blocs.

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