FILE PHOTO: 5 Star leader and Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi di Maio presents his EU election program in Rome, Italy, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - The decision of Italy's ruling League party not to back Ursula von der Leyen as the next European Commission president risks isolating the country in Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday in the latest sign of disagreement within the government.
Di Maio is the leader of the League's coalition partner, the 5-Star Movement, which voted in favour of von der Leyen, a German conservative who takes the helm of the Commission, the EU executive, in November.
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