and luigi demaio -- matteo salvini and luigi demaio. this is a government of narcissists. i do not need to go further in the article. it is quite clear in the headline. very rumble tumble in italian politics, with brussels quite scared. closer lookan get a at that press review on our website. coming up after the break, portugal's presidential train has been given a new release on life, being reborn as a aççóo÷÷ÑÑÑgç>>????? >> this next panel is--it's-- i think it's really important to me because it's so rare to find honesty in the environmental movement. not many peoplple are willing to confront the reality of the situation we face. i think that's really understandable because that's a hard reality to face. but it's mymy belief that only by truththfully looking at the situation and moving through the process of grief can we come to a place of action. so with that said, i want to introduce our panelists. this is guy mcpherson. he's a professosor emerititus from the university of arizona >> [applause]

matteo salvini the leader of the far right league party routinely tweets that they are gypsy thieves and he will bulldoze the camps of course the roma people have seen all the messages and they're outraged that this assault on them is pure propaganda it's racism the word gypsy shouldn't be used at all he talks about bulldoze as if he will be the one to come and clean up the camps he should be a politician he should do something else the threats are already attracting the attention of human rights advocates even before the new government is formed. these politicians don't realize what the situation is you can't expel italians the ones from the former yugoslavia are either here legally or they are stateless so no country would take them back. in the election here nearly one in five italians voted for the league party and so plainly it isn't difficult to convince angry disillusioned people that europe cares more about outsiders than ethnic italians of course whether or not they're serious about bulldozing these places and trying to deport european citizens there's a different question a

salvini and mr. dimaio have suggested >> this is a good question i don't think we have an answer that's easy to give. i remember when berlusconi was in the government back in 2011 that was totally different we had pressure from the markets for mr. berlusconi to resign my experience as a politician, as an mp is that the thing was that berlusconi was defending too much the national interest of italy and was being strong at the european level we don't have this snacenario right now. berlusconi has never been anti-european politician never. never said we should go out of the euro he said we should change something because otherwise some countries like italy will be too much penalized with respect to others that's perfectly true. what's happened today is different. it's the first time in the western democracy where two populist parties are trying to be aligned together and set up a government this is something that never happened before. i can understand the tension on the back of the markets because both

this trophy he made to put the close relationship between luigi de milo and mateo salvini but they certainly weren't allies during the election campaign now the populous leaders of the far right the and the five star movement have asked president sergio martha rela to approve their new alliance. today we can say we are faced with a historic moment i also say this to our international partners let us begin then you will criticize but at least let us begin first this is perhaps an unexpected government but it has been elected. it's true. that they've made it nobody has anything to fear. we want a government that puts national interests first and foremost as we proposed to italians during our election campaign. we will respect everybody who put italy in the center. but yeah. the league from the north and the five

and also the minister is not clear it's not clear whether luigi mio and salvini the leader from because their lead the leader from the league of will join the government although it's clear that change instead of have the ministry for grows and unemployment and this is. something very important for the constituency of the my oh he wants to hand out lots of money to the to the people especially in thousand easily all right so could be some lesser known candidates than to name everyone now is a silvio berlusconi could he make another miraculous return to the premiership. at this point no he's put it to sleep debt because he has no say in this coalition but technically he could because the court in milan said that his crony is now free again to take up office and that is going the office to do that actually he asked the president to to assign him to be prime minister but this is very unlikely. if you don't like that it's going to very much to get his band weaker to reporting for us from rome thank you band. let's catch up now on some other stories making news around the world facebook boss

matteo salvini the leader of the far right league party routinely tweets that they are gypsy thieves and he will bulldoze the camps of course the roma people have seen all the messages and they are outraged because it is assault on them it is pure propaganda it's racism the word gypsy shouldn't be used at all he talks about bulldoze as if he will be the one to come and clean up the camps he should be a politician he should do something else the threats are already attracting the attention of human rights advocates even before the new government is formed. these politicians don't realize what the situation is you can't expel italians the ones from the former yugoslavia are either here legally or they are stateless so no country would take them back. in the election here nearly one in five italians voted for the league party and so plainly it isn't difficult to convince angry disillusioned people that europe cares more about outsiders than ethnic italians of course whether or not they're serious about bulldozing these places and trying to deport european citizens there's a different qu

will be put in place we heard repeatedly from salvini and dimaio, they want a political candidate. how can a political candidate representing their two views on europe end up as prime minister with their approval? >> when i say there will be a prime minister able to represent an institutional career, an institutional background, at the same time having a political understanding. able to understand perfectly, otherwise the two leaders will not indicate that person, a lady or man is not at the point now, but someone who can understand the political nuances. coincides with all the points of their political program, while mr. dimaio conforms. also eventually his position is very pro american oriented, mr. salvini is in favor of rebalancing by having also russia to be taken into consideration in the new governmentof italy foreign policy even though they are not perfect coincidents between the two parties main position, i'm sure that the new prime minister will be a person able to understand all those points and to take all those points as i said before, we shouldn't forget that presiden

mr salvini, who has been going up in the polls, wants the freedom to govern his way.f the president of the republic tells us, "do as you want, but don't touch the european rules", we have a problem with democracy. because the people in italy are sovereign and don't depend entirely on european markets and bureaucracies. wherever you look here, there are signs of italy's six decade—long partnership with europe. but this country has begun to shift. this is the country that helped to found the european union. why are the populist parties turning against it? because people think that germany rules all europe and germany rules italy. and they want to control italy and the agreements on european union is an advantage for germany and a disadvantage for italy. italy is used to changing prime ministers, but this is much more serious than that. an election later this year may become an unofficial referendum on italy's membership of the euro and on its place in the european union, that this country helped to create. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. police have arrested three peopl

salvini is saying. anis possible we will have interim government, perhaps led by mr. cottarelli or someone else, in the short-term, just to get through the summer, until fresh elections can be held in september or october. having said that, whoever is at the helm will have to get a vote of confidence through the parliament, and that is perhaps why mr. cottarelli at the moment is holding back. perhaps he is looking to see what sort of support there is there. that it is really very unclear. whatever is going on is continuing the political instability in italy, and still making financial markets very nervous. genie: josephine, thank you for that. josephine mckenna reporting from rome. meanwhile, greece's largest labor unions are on strike today against plans to extend austerity measures. is 24-hour protest disrupting flights, transportation, and services, closing schools and leaving hospitals running on emergency staff. austerity measures will continue for at least two more years after the international bailout ends in august, starting with another major round of pension

val seien sam salvini said he would like fresh elections as fast as possible but holding them in july be disruptive for italians and sergio mattarella has been urged to send italy straight back to the polls. i'm happy to say joining us from paris is the democratic party mp, sergio gozi. when do you think these elections will take place, since your party is calling for them >> i think we need political clarity, and the election could be held already by the end of july, but it attends what is going on now with mr. cottarelli and also on what the two major groups, parliamentary groups, the five star movement and lega want for our country we don't understand. one day they say let's go to elections. the other day they say we have to impeach mattarella. the third day they say we want to collaborate with mattarella to be the new executive. they are taking up huge responsibilities for this political uncertainty that we think should stop as soon as possible >> you're still part of pail low gentiloni's caretaker government how damaging do you think that uncertainty is for italians? >> uncertain

mr salvini, who's been going up in the polls, wants the freedom to govern his way. of the republic tells us, "do as you want, but don't touch the european rules," we have a problem with democracy, because i think in italy, the people are sovereign and don't depend entirely on european markets and bureaucracies. wherever you look here, there are signs of italy's six decade—long partnership with europe. but this country has begun to shift. this is the country that helped to found the european union. why are the populist parties turning against it? because people think that germany rules all europe and germany rules italy. and they want to control italy and the agreements on european union is an advantage for germany and a disadvantage for italy. italy is used to changing prime ministers, but this is much more serious than that. an election later this year may become an unofficial referendum on italy's membership of the euro and on its place in the european union, that this country helped to create. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. what to make of it? justin urquhart st

mr salvini, who's been going up in the polls, wants the freedom to govern his way.nt of the republic tells us, do as you want but don't touch the european rules, we have a problem with democracy because i think in italy, the people are sovereign and don't depend entirely on european markets and bureaucracies. wherever you look here, there are signs of italy's long partnership with europe. but this country has begun to shift. this is the country that helped found the european union. why are the populist parties turning against it? because people think that germany rules all europe and germany rules italy and they want to control italy and the agreements on the european union are an advantage for germany and a disadvantage for italy. tonight, this country realises that it now faces a sudden choice, an early election later this year may become an unofficial referendum on italy's membership of the eu and this country's relationship with the union it helped to found. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... a r

this trophy he made to put the close relationship between luigi de mario and matteo salvini but they certainly weren't allies during the election campaign now the populous leaders of the far right the eight and the five star movement have asked president sergio martha rela to approve their new alliance. today we can say we are faced with a historic moment i also say this to our international partners let us begin then you will criticize but at least let us begin first this is perhaps an unexpected government but it has been elected. nobody has anything to fear. we want a government that puts national interests first and foremost as we proposed to italians during our election campaign. we will respect everybody who put italy in the center italians. the league from the north and the five star movement from the south spent two weeks hammering out a programme it calls for the deportation of half a million asylum seekers costly campaign promises such as tax cuts early retirement and a basic income are to be paid for with more debt. this contract is the heart of the government of change i

the voters we are there to serve them not to lecture them and in italy it's not just might they are salvini we is calling for ten years their resignation. talian democratic party member and minister in the previous government says quote singer should either apologize or resign is hard enough to protect europe from anarchists defending it against an adequate e.u. commissioners is just too much. all right the italian term moral is also creating a lot of market turmoil and talk to us about that yeah and not just in italy not just in europe we're seeing a global market selloff amazing well the italians are capable of they spent the euro or sent the euro rather to an eleven month low against the u.s. dollar traders fear a snap at talian election will be a referendum on the e.u. so it looks like we're on the brink of another euro crisis and italy's debt burden is spiraling out of control the reaction for equities the numbers for you months stock exchange tumbling by four percent at times today to regaining a little ground as you can see that down two and a half percent same for madrid in frankfur

people from the main political forces and legion in my ear from the five star movement and mattel salvini from the leak to have put my name forward i can assure you i have used maximum efforts at attention for this task and i can assure you that i have worked in a climate of maximum collaboration with those political forces. the president says you matter as being quick to defend himself saying he had to block the euro skeptic candidate to protect the economy and the savings of all italians. i knew this would not have a popular decision i accept the prime minister proposal despite the fact that just happy content was not elected. if that if i have been informed that the parties now want an immediate election it is a decision i will make after we discuss it in parliament i will take action in the coming hours. let's get more now from al-jazeera nadine barber who can tell us more about this issue with the economy minister what was the sticking point was it was a real real clash it went right down to the wire all day on sunday we've been hearing from so vini insisting that his preferred choic

up until the last minute matteo salvini leader of the right wing likud party had insisted his pick for economy minister must not be vetoed speaking live on social media late on sunday he called the president's rejection anti-democratic in. that he said no he said there will not be a government we work for nothing we will have a technocrat government i ask of the a democracy in italy do the italian decide or do the germans offense decide it's absolutely incredible from my point of view. salvini wants fresh elections so too does he know as you do my own leader of the five star movement which got the most votes in march when the merchant legals it there was over fifty percent support for two political parties parties that want to change thing as one to represent the talents and their interests but in the end a way to block it is always seems to be found the president is expected to decide his next step on monday he could well see another non-politician given the job of heading an interim government for italians political instability is a fact of life while many hoped was about to change t

this graffito may depict a close relationship between luigi demaio and matteo salvini but they certainly weren't allies during the election campaign now the populist leaders of the league and the five star movement have asked italy's president to approve their new alliance. today we can say we are faced with a historic moment i also say this to our international partners let us begin then you will criticize but at least let us begin first this is perhaps an unexpected government but it has been elected. nobody has anything to fear. we want a government that puts national interests first and foremost as we proposed to during our election campaign. we will respect everybody who put italy in the center . fuel to the league and the five star movement spend two weeks hammering out a program it calls for the speedy deportation of half a million migrants are costly campaign promises such as tax cuts early retirement and basic income are to be paid for with new debt. this contract is the heart of the government of change i see many people concerned about the international and european context th

strong this trait in him that even though the the two leaders of the parties involved in the coalition salvini and dimaio had taking out this clause out of the coalition contract much a rather the president believed that italy was on a disastrous course he said in a tweet i needed to save italy he had to save italy and this man savant as you mentioned deeply opposed to the european union and the euro did brussels play any kind of role in getting his nomination overturned. of course not officially however we known for days that there were warnings and when several know was nominated we've heard the french finance ministers we heard several high officials in brussels sort of with warnings and saying don't do that you have to stick to the rules and sort of stay within the framework of the european contracts and don't do anything rash because everybody knows italy is one of the most indebted countries in the world hundred thirty billion euros public debt and that is such a huge mountain of money that everybody knows that if he would really go rogue it could bring down the whole european union and

they could be the end of the waiting game material salvini head of the far right northern league made his way through a throng of journalists but gave very little away after weeks of stalemate it was up to luigi to mile sell of ynys potential partner from the populist five star movement to reveal what's in the works for you first of all we are very proud we have arrived at this point yesterday evening we finally laid the foundations for an agreement with the league launching our project for a government of change this afternoon our deputies plus experts will start working on a coalition agreement that remains our most important focus for the people there will be a place that will be. just last monday the talian president sergio declare that negotiations to build a new government had failed for weeks he had been pressuring the two biggest parties to come to an agreement threatening to call fresh elections if they failed to do so. now it seems increasingly unlikely that italian voters will have to go to the polls again the end of the political impasse is largely down to one man silvio b

with a hung parliament the leader of the anti establishment five star ligi demaio and meditative salvini of the far right an elite a meeting with the president to put forward that joint candidate for prime minister is the solving he says that both leaders have agreed to nominate a third party candidate. need only correspondent banda regas joins us from the italian capital rome welcome bad today is today the day that italy gets a new prime minister and who is not likely to be. tell you the drama is finally coming to an end tonight you will know the name of the new prime minister but. until then the program has to be presented to. the president of the republic and the two party leaders. vini and the mio for the two populist parties in the very knowledge of the palace of the president. show him what they want to do and matter out of it not be very pleased he's a social democrat from the old establishment but he has no choice but to to give the. order to the new guy to form a government because the majority in parliament for this ought to coalition is very large and also sixty percent of ita

the man right now is matteo sell vini. -- salvini.ck to the capital this afternoon and he has two choices to make. either he will go along with suggesting is is to drop the finance minister and move him to the foreign ministry , but we could even see today carla caught a rally -- cottarelli being sworn in today. for some insight on what is the feeling on the ground, everybody has been talking about this post. madhouse italy. to be honest, this is a reflection of how the politics you wereng while sleeping, we have been living every headline over and over again. the changes of what is happening , so potentially today we could see a populist government or technocratic government come to play, but that would only be for the time being until elections in the fall. francine: the socialists, how close are they to lighting up enough votes to topple the president? there is currently the session in parliament which is quite heated. ben: they are very, very close. the old adage that spanish politics is never bet against mariano rajoy, but we are

salvini the head of the league insisting the compromise the personnel should not change in repeating his call for fresh elections now some commentators are saying that he's playing hardball just to leverage perhaps more positions for his own team within a future cabinet but it does seem now that it is at least possible that there won't be fresh elections in the near future if the last hour they can thrash out a solution but the president has said he wants to sort things out by thursday afternoon or he'll go back to mr carter really and say right let's look at a government of so-called technocrats that's extremely controversial and they'll probably be voted down the lose a vote of confidence in parliament so he knows that he's it will be a short term plaster solution if you like and them then that will lead to fresh elections but perhaps it will calm those market tensions which have started to ease on their own anyway thank you with all the latest from ryan. french police are dismantling the largest makeshift camp for refugees and migrants in paris settlement houses around one and a h

really wants to do something for the south of italy for people there and we're going to see my two salvini the very strident outspoken and quite demagogue leader of. the interior minister and that's where we will see a lot of struggle and a lot of problems in the near future because his legs are of course to deport half a million migrants who are in italy illegally as he says and that is his big plan and that is a part of what won him this election all right bob amazing reporting on breaking developments out of the elite where the two populist parties seem to have reached an agreement thank you barbara we'll check in with you later. force news now real madrid's coaches into these events was living a never ending success story he just completed an unprecedented three peat in the champions league era and was at the top of the football world but at that relatively young age of forty five's the then stepped down as the coach of ryal simply saying it's time to go. the announcement that stunned the football world. is indeed on stepping down as reale madrid coach this despite winning a record thr

and that is winning that battle for power because they have the stronger people and was much to a salvini they have somebody who is a very experienced a demagogue and who is really catching the mood in the country and he is winning the fight for the soul of the italian people yeah i heard one commentator today say how do you say drawing the swamp in italian are all pervasive on the story tonight in roll barbara thank you. and you're up to date with the news for all of us here thanks for the company don't forget you can check out our website or follow us on twitter the website d w dot com we'll see you at the top of the hour with more world news. reporting from the white house. ground is shaking about to be at the top of your favorite life. threatening to bring the max.

and that is winning that battle full power because they have the stronger people and was meant to salvini they have somebody who is a very experienced a demagogue and who is really catching the mood in the country and he is winning the fight for the soul of the italian people yeah i heard one commentator today say how do you say draining the swamp in italian are all pervasive on the story tonight enroll barbara thank you. we've been hearing a lot about how germany is gearing up for the world cup but what about their first group opponents mexico now they had an officious start to their preparations with a friendly draw against wales but they have a good world cup pedigree and their evergreen captain could set a remarkable record next month in russia. his first world cup was back in two thousand and two now rafael marquez is looking at making it to yet another. if mexico coach won carlos a sario names marquez in his final score at least the thirty nine year old could become the only player to have caps in his country at five world cups. he's a man with an extraordinary career and i would sa

salvini's regular rhetoric about putting italians first. i did -- luigi dimaio also commented last night to answer some critics, here what i did mayo said >> there will be a political government it will be a government that puts at the center political questions. maybe i want to say also on an international level, let us get to work first and then criticize us you have every right to do so but let us start first >> the challenge for any prime ministerial candidate here is marshaling these different political forces and trying to enact any kind of real agenda. >> yes when you look at the market reaction there are concerns among investors about that as well >> we are joined by valentin marinof from credit agricole great to see you >> great to see you again. >> a lot of concerns around italy. on the equity side we see a bit of a rebound, but looking at the yield environment, you're looking at the euro what are you watching in terms of the next steps of the coalition talks >> it's about the fiscal -- first of all, the ability of the populist pa

about a proposed cabinet ministers europe skeptic leaning however the leader of the league but teo salvini today called off rallies across the country to enter into fresh talks with five stars the we did to mine. all right for more now we want to go to our correspondent robert vai's oshie is in rome on the story for us as she has been all week and evening to you barbara so does this mean we've finally found a way out of this political crisis. yes absolutely because at this very moment the con to the new prime minister designate is the palace self surge of much i read of the president to get his men date so we're going to have a reboot off the coalition like a populist government and it's in the two point zero and condi everybody expects him to be some sort of puppet prime minister because you see has absolutely no political experience he's a law professor said that nobody had ever heard of before and then we're going to have in the finance ministry another professor this government and these two parties really seem to be in two professors he is an economics professor also from rome giovani

of course this is not what we want ok well that's that mean that you agree with mr mike they are salvini the leader of the far right elite party who is furious and says there has to step down would you want him to quit you know but i think someone gave selenium a good reason to complain and i would recommend everyone not to give the populace here are more reasons to complain ok now let's talk about a maybe you have an update for us in terms of where we are in the process of creating this new caretaker government are there any steps that have been taken in the meantime. at this very moment as we speak mr cross already is speaking with the president of the republic we believe to deliver the list of the ministers so once this happens a date will be decided will be fixed for them to support to be sworn in so for the new government to get in office after that the government will go to the parliament to seek a confidence vote that most likely they would not get so this means that new elections will be most likely because ok so are we looking at having elections in the fall in the summer when d

leaders but just on thursday night as it emerged that this deal had had gone through matteo salvini head of the league said that he was fed up of seeing italian governments go to brussels putting out the begging cap that came just a few hours after. the head of the european commission said that what it's really needed was less corruption and more hard work so there seems to already be a war of words between the incoming government here and top officials in brussels that might worry not just other heads of government but again the financial markets if they think that there's going to be a big clash coming up there's a big summit in the u. summit in june where we're likely to see a lot of friction but in the next few days what we know is that the new government is expected to be sworn in to pass a vote of confidence here in parliament the first step on trying to get some stability back in italy. oh political crisis in spain as well the prime minister mariano rajoy is expected to be toppled as leader in a no confidence motion set for friday while his party is struggle to restore trust after

the people from the main political forces and region in my are from the five star movement and moto salvini from the leak who have put my name forward i can assure you i have used maximum efforts at attention for this task and i can assure you that i have worked in a climate of maximum collaboration with those political forces. while president says you matter rela has been quick to defend himself saying he had to block the us skeptic candidate to protect the economy and the savings of all italians. for people that i knew this would not be a popular decision so i accepted the prime minister proposal despite the fact that the stepping onto it was not elected. the trick is that if i have been informed that the parties now want an immediate election it is a decision i will make after we discuss it implement and i will take action in the coming hours. polls close in an hour's time in colombia's historic presidential election the first since a peace deal with signed with the fark and twenty sixteen front runner even duke a has vowed to undo aspects of the accord which he sees as too lenient on th

here's matteo salvini's response to that.ns its gates to the modern barbarians‘. the barbarians are arriving in in rome. better to be a barbarian than a slave. than a slave that sells italy's dignity, future, businesses and even its borders." the ft‘s view might have something to do with this. earlier, a leaked document published by huffpost italia dated 14th may proposes a debt write off of $295 billion. italy has the second highest public debt in the eurozone. i spoke to the commentator paola diana and asked how critical a moment is italy at right now. it is very critical in many italians arejust it is very critical in many italians are just worried and they are thinking that we are in the hands of very in competent and experienced, young guys. they do not have a clue about what it is making a government and really doing something realfor the country. they are just talk and a state nonsense, nonsense things. but billions of italians voted for these men. it is a shame and i hope many italians understand that these people are

luigi to mio the head of the five star movement and salvini head of the league will both be deputy prime minister but crucially salvini will be interior minister and he is very well known for his anti immigration views so interesting to see how far he can get in his pledge for example to send back hundreds of thousands of what he calls illegal immigrants this all will be officially stamped on friday with a swearing in at the government building just down the road from where we're standing and then probably early next week the official vote of confidence in the parliament building behind me we are almost here before of course but one appointments basically vetoed. a lot of people say while well why couldn't they have compromised earlier some people suspect vini wanted to push perhaps for fresh elections but it seems now that elections are not going to happen. in terms of the challenges facing this government how much tension might there be in the relationship with brussels. well lots of people are looking to see what kind of signals the government's going to start putting out and already

. >> his counterpart, the leader of lega, mateo salvini he said things less optimistic about talks. he specifically wanted to stress the differences between the two sides. >> on migration, the position of the league and the five star movement are different, both respecting human rights and international treaties i say this as a father, i will not allow a new summer and autumn arrival of migrants and the illegal migration. if a new government is formed, the league will have to have a free hand of protecting italian citizens the law on weapons and self-defense another delicate issue, we have to find an argument on a new position of italy in europe. we don't want to scare anybody, but italians voted for us to bring to the top of the political agenda in brussels and strasburg, the italian issues of employment, the right to employment and the dignity of labor. what is notable is that both sides have had euro skepticism in their dna throughout this company leading up to the march 4th election both made similar noises about migration. lega slightly more right wing when it came to it there