The Five Star wants pension reforms rolled back and a minimum income for the poor in southern Italy while the League wants to bring in a flat tax to stimulate economic growth and crackdown on the immigration tsunami with increased deportations and also deal with Islamists in Italy.
I wish them well regarding Italian sovereignty, but the two parties are two different trains on two different tracks, they need to pick a common destination, fast. Italy is about to form it's 67th gov't since the end of WWII, there's little reason to believe they'll succeed where so many others have failed.
Right you are.
If it were not for friends, family, and food, life there would be miserable.
I admire how Italians quickly find ways to steer around government over-reach and high taxes.
There are white t-shirts with a seat belt pattern printed on them, so policemen think they are wearing seat belts.
And knowing someone - or having any connection to someone in a government position - helps you steer through bureaucracy much more smoothly.
Well, it sounds like a populist/nationalist/conservative coalition. Not all that weird by Italian standards.
The great news is the rumor is Matteo Salvini (The League) will become Minister of the Interior and Luigi Di Maio (5 Star) will be Labour or Economic Development Minister. The Interior is where Immigration Policy is handled and Salvini is a hard-liner against illegal immigration.