The FT has the story:
Italy’s leading populist parties are within striking distance of forming a government in the eurozone’s third-largest economy after reaching tentative agreement on a common platform — but not on a choice of prime minister.
Luigi Di Maio, the leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, and Matteo Salvini, the head of the far-right League, met each other with key aides in Milan on Saturday and Sunday to thrash out details of a coalition agreement that could propel them to power in the coming days.
