Matteo Salvini's League is almost certain to support Mario Draghi, former ECB head, as Italian PM. This will be a surprise to many who see the League as the typical eurosceptic anti-€ party. Some thoughts: https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/06/italy-s-draghi-wins-support-of-two-parties-for-new-government-as-salvini-comes-on-board
Italy: Salvini on board as two parties back a Draghi-led government

The populist 5-Star Movement and the right-wing League both signaled support for a Draghi-led government, saying they were ready to put aside bitter rivalries in the national interest.

https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/06/italy-s-draghi-wins-support-of-two-parties-for-new-government-as-salvini-comes-on-board
There was always an influential, but not always very vocal, moderate and pragmatic faction in the League centred on pro-business interests in the party's strongholds in the northern regions where the League has been the dominant political force
This moderate faction convinced Salvini to support Draghi, persuading him that the benefits outweighed the costs. The League will be involved in administering the €200 billion EU recovery fund and influential selecting a new head of state next year.
Supporting Draghi is a significant step. The League will be constructive and dampen anti-EU rhetoric. But it's an opportunistic step, not a deeper change of heart. Salvini will leave the government whenever he wants.
And if the economic recovery does not materialise, and the EU does not move quickly to solve the vaccine fiasco, Savini will turn up anti EU rhetoric again.
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