Chiara Appendino warns Conte: ‘Either me or Matteo Renzi’ in coalition talks

Five Star Movement deputy and former Turin mayor Chiara Appendino told Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte she will not accept the inclusion of Matteo Renzi and his Italia Viva party in the upcoming broad coalition (campo largo). She warned “O io, o Renzi” and suggested she could team up with fellow former Five Star MP Alessandro Di Battista to create a new political container capable of competing in the next elections.

The article also notes that former Rome mayor Virginia Raggi shares similar opposition to Renzi’s participation, indicating broader dissent within the party’s left‑wing faction over the coalition’s composition.