The populist parties of the League and the 5-Star Movement signed an accord to form a ruling coalition. The agreement is called “Contratto Per Il Governo Del Cambiamento” or “Contract for the Government of Change”. Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio said on Facebook that “it has been 70 very intense days, so many things have happened, but in the end we managed to achieve what we announced in the campaign.”
The 58-page document contains no mention of exit from the Eurozone. But it called for a review of EU governance and fiscal rules.
Regarding fiscal policies, it said “the government’s actions will target a programme of public debt reduction not through revenue based on taxes and austerity, policies that have not achieved their goal, but rather through increased GDP by the revival of internal demand.”
That indicates there could be less revenue and more debt for the governement in the near term. Italian 10 year yield jumps to high as 2.22 today, hitting the highest level since last July.
The joint program will be put to vote by 5-Star and League members. After approval, it will be presented to Italian President Sergio Mattarella.
