Italy's 5 Star Movement to become opposition force in parliament

Film Parliament of Italy. File photoROME, Sep 26Italy's 5 Star Movement will take opposition positions in the future parliament, leader of the political force Giuseppe Conte said. Speaking on the results of early elections held on Sunday, Conte noted the high result of the Movement in comparison with the forecasts at the start of the election campaign.The European Parliament fears the possible behavior of the new Prime Minister of Italy»The prospect with which we have to deal implies for the «Movement» the role of the opposition in the next legislature. I would like to assure all the citizens who voted for us that we will be an opposition force that will show courage and determination, and will be focused on the implementation of the program that we put forward during the election campaign,» the former prime minister said. According to him, the Movement's work will be focused on closing the economic gap between the southern and northern regions of Italy. Separately, Conte pointed out that the «Movement» will not allow the abolition of the so-called civil income — benefits for the poor and the unemployed, which was a key item on its economic agenda. votes. At the same time, the right-wing party of Giorgi Meloni «Brothers of Italy» shows the best result from individual political forces with 26% of voters' support. The center-left coalition can count on 27% of the vote. Its leading player, the Democratic Party, tentatively gains almost 20%. The third most popular political force is the 5 Star Movement, which received approximately 14.8% of voter support. The counting of votes continues. The turnout in the elections broke the anti-record, amounting to 63.95% , which is 9% less than in the previous March 2018 election.Лидер «Братьев Italy» stated that the Italians «gave clear instructions»