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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns as economy stalls during COVID-19 pandemic
Embattled Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned in a move seen as a gamble to forge a more viable coalition Government.
Key points:
- Mr Conte has led a long-bickering centre-left coalition for 16 months
- Before that he headed a Government with the populist 5-Star Movement
- President Sergio Mattarella accepted the resignation
Mr Conte submitted his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella.
Mr Mattarella accepted the resignation and said he “reserves the right to decide [what to do next] and invited the Government to stay in office in a caretaker capacity”, an Italian presidency statement said.
Mr Conte survived two confidence votes in Parliament last week but crucially lost his absolute majority in the Senate with the defection of a…
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