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Italian populists to unveil 5-Star candidate for PM

by Ljubomir MILASIN Agence France-Presse RIMINI, Italy (AFP) – Italy’s populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) announces its candidate for prime minister Saturday as it braces to attempt a revolutionary shift from protest to ruling party. Political darling Luigi di Maio, 31, is the reassuring face of Italy’s anti-establishment insurgency and is widely seen as having the vote in the bag. The clean-shaven lawmaker has been openly groomed to run for the top job in the spring 2018 general […]