Italian Elections -- News Roundup March 5, 2018

Reuters: Italy's League, 5-Star vie for power after inconclusive vote

Two anti-establishment leaders made early plays to govern Italy on Monday, sending ripples across the euro zone after voters relegated mainstream parties to the sidelines in delivering a hung parliament.

With the bloc’s third-largest economy seemingly facing prolonged political instability, the anti-immigrant League claimed the right to rule after its centre-right alliance won the largest bloc of votes.

“We have the right and duty to govern,” League leader Matteo Salvini told a news conference, saying investors should have no fear, as the prospect of a eurosceptic-led administration promising to ramp up spending hit shares, bonds and the euro.

Minutes later, the head of the biggest single party, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, said it was ready to take on a responsible leadership role.

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Italian Elections -- News Roundup March 5, 2018

Italian elections 2018 - full results -- The Guardian
Italy election: hung parliament on cards as populists surge – as it happened -- The Guardian
The Latest: Controversial candidate wins Lombardy presidency -- AP
Euroskeptic parties surge in Italy vote, but no majority -- AP
Italy election to result in hung parliament -- DW
Italy's 5-Star rebels heading for a date with the establishment? -- Reuters
Italy elections deliver stalemate, Silvio Berlusconi and maverick Five Star advance -- ABC News Online
Italy election: Populist Five Star and League vie for power -- BBC
Right wing dominates Italy elections, with no clear winner in parliament -- UPI
After Italy's Election, 2 Rival Populist Parties Claim Right To Lead Next Government -- NPR
Italy elections: Preliminary vote count points to hung parliament -- Al Jazeera
Italy's Renzi resigns as Democratic Party leader after election defeat -- Reuters
Italy's voters issue warning to Europe -- Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian
Italy general election vote: Who's who and why it matters -- BBC
Italy election: What does the result mean? -- BBC
Italy's hung parliament could produce a nightmare scenario for the EU -- Alexandra Ma, Business Insider
Matteo Salvini: far-right leader steps out of Berlusconi's shadow -- The Guardian
Matteo Salvini: Italy's far-right sucess story -- DW
Italy's election poses more questions than it answers -- Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian
Now What? These Three People Must Fix the Mess in Italian Politics -- Ross Larsen and John Follain, Bloomberg