Breitbart Europe: Three Five Star Movement senators have defected to populist Matteo Salvini’s League as the leftist Five Star-Democratic Party government coalition continues to struggle.
The first senator to defect to the League (Lega) was Senator Ugo Grassi, who explained that he left the Five Star Movement (M5S) due to his severe disagreement with changing the European Union’s European Stability Mechanism (ESM), a move some have said could undermine Italy’s economy and sovereignty, Il Giornale reports.
Grassi added that he saw in Salvini and the League an opportunity to pursue “targeted investments for the development of the South.”
Matteo Salvini, who is a major critic of ESM reform, welcomed the defection, saying: “We welcome Senator Grassi. There are open doors for those who, with consistency, competence and seriousness, have positive ideas for Italy and are not under the thumb of the Democratic Party.”
“On reform and efficiency of justice and revival of Italian universities, we will work well with Senator Grassi,” he added. read more
Grassi…isn’t that the guy in the Godfather that got garroted?