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Events on Friday 1 June 2018 1
2018Five Star Movement-League coalition government formedPopulist coalition takes power in ItalyFollowing inconclusive March elections, the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the right-wing League party formed a coalition government in Italy, with Giuseppe Conte as prime minister. It was Western Europe's first government led by populist parties from both the left and right. The coalition clashed repeatedly with the European Union over budget and migration policy.