League leader Matteo Salvini warned globalists that any “insults”, “threats” and “ blackmail ” from global finance and EU bureaucrats would only embolden him, The Financial Times reported.
“There’s concern in Europe, there’s concern in Washington, there’s concern in Berlin, there’s concern in Paris,” he said. “If they’re worried, it means we are doing something right.”
The 57-page “Contract for a Government of Change” was published early on Friday and includes a handful of key provisions.
The document, the product of two months of consultations by the euro zone’s third-largest economy, calls for an end to anti-Russian sanctions, billions of euros in tax cuts, additional spending on welfare for the poor and a roll-back of pension reforms.
According to Bloomberg, the proposed program, published on Di Maio’s Facebook page, includes a review of EU fiscal rules, the rolling back of pension reforms that raised the retirement age, as well 15-20 percent tax thresholds for companies and people.
Key clauses, as reported by Bloomberg and the Financial Times did not mention of a referendum on membership of either the EU or the euro however, and neither does the plan include the €250 billion debt write-off.
The contract has still to be approved by their memberships, in votes to be concluded by Sunday.
“This government contract binds two political forces that are and remain alternative, to respect and achieve what they promised to citizens,” Di Maio said.
The winning parties were facing the prospect of another vote either over the summer or early next year if they did not agree on a platform. They still need to pick a prime minister.