Italy PM to resign on Tuesday after cabinet meeting - cabinet office
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will resign Tuesday, his office said, in what reports said was a move to secure a mandate for a new government after weeks of turmoil.
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- Published Date: 09:48 | 25 January 2021
- Modified Date: 09:48 | 25 January 2021
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will hand in his resignation to the head of state on Tuesday after convening the cabinet to inform ministers of his decision, the cabinet office said.
Conte hopes President Sergio Mattarella will give him a mandate to form a new government with broader backing in parliament, political sources said.
Conte lost his absolute majority in the upper house Senate last week when a junior partner, the Italia Viva party headed by former premier Matteo Renzi, quit in a row over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis and economic recession.
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