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Italy PM Conte resigns in split over Covid-19 response

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Gitanjali Mangal
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Italy PM Conte resigns in split over Covid-19 response
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned on Tuesday to President Sergio Mattarella, in a bid to form a new, stronger government.

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The president accepted the resignation and "reserves the right to decide (what to do next) and invited the government to stay in office in a caretaker capacity", Mattarella's office said.

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Mattarella, the ultimate arbiter of Italian political crises, said he would start a round of discussions with party leaders on the way forward on Wednesday afternoon. Talks are expected to last until Thursday.

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Giuseppe Conte is expected to seek a new mandate for what would be his third consecutive government in three years, but this depends on his ability to expand his parliamentary majority.

publive-imageHe can currently count on the populist Five Star Movement, the centre-left Democratic Party and the smaller leftist Free and Equals party. Also Read | India, China agree on early disengagement of frontline troops

Ex-premier Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva, which pulled out of the coalition two weeks ago, as well as opposition centrists, are under pressure to switch sides and support a new government but not necessarily with Conte at the helm.

-PTC News-
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