U.S. officials are scrambling to assess how this past Sunday’s Italian election results may impact future relations between Rome and Washington.
The prospects of euro-skeptic populist parties that have strong ideological ties with the Kremlin forming Italy’s next government or dominating a broader governing arrangement has prompted alarm in the U.S. capital and Brussels.
An immediate consequence of either the right-wing Lega or anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) entering a coalition government could be the “curtailment of a lot of intelligence we currently share,” say U.S. officials.
“There would a sharp downgrading of what we give the Italians, although this wouldn’t affect our …read more
Source: Voice of America
