Italy’s president gave ruling parties more time yesterday to form a new government after the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte plunged the virus-ravaged country into crisis. Sergio Mattarella said a parliamentary majority could be found based on the members of Conte’s previous coalition and tasked the speaker of the […]
Virus-plagued Italy in political turmoil after PM quits
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned Tuesday in the hope of forming a new government after weeks of turmoil in his ruling coalition, leaving Italy rudderless as it battles the deadly coronavirus pandemic. He will stay on in a caretaker capacity while President Sergio Mattarella, the ultimate arbiter of Italian political […]
Italy PM wins key confidence vote, tougher test today
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte won a crucial confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, hanging on to power after a junior partner quit his coalition and opened a political crisis amid the raging Covid-19 pandemic. Had he lost the vote, Conte would have been forced to resign. After […]
Italy taking calculated risk in rolling back Covid lockdown, says PM Conte
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Saturday Italy was taking a calculated risk in rolling back lockdown measures from next week as the daily death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic fell to its lowest since March 9. “We’re facing a calculated risk, knowing that the epidemiological curve could rise […]