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Italy's president Sergio Mattarella thinks Paolo Savona is too much anti-EU (Photo: EUobserver)

EUobserved

How radical is Italy's Savona really?

Italy starts its working week by being thrown into a political crisis, as the two eurosceptic parties that wanted to form a government reached a standoff with Italy's president.

Over the weekend, president Sergio Mattarella rejected academic Paolo Savona to become a member of the new Italian government, reportedly because of his eurosceptic views.

In response, Giuseppe Conte dropped his bid to become prime minister, while the Five Star Movement is calling for the impeachment of Ma...

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