Officials campaigning on behalf of Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte are cautiously optimistic that he may be able to survive a vote in the Senate on Tuesday, despite being abandoned by a junior ally in his coalition.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told President Sergio Mattarella that he will address Parliament rather than offering his resignation after one of his coalition allies withdrew its support, according to an official statement."The .
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told President Sergio Mattarella that he will hold a political clarification in parliament to see whether a majority of MPs still back the current executive.
While the resignations of Italy Alive ministers Teresa Bellanova and Elena Bonetti and of State Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto were accepted by President Mattarella, Conte confirmed he will take over the agriculture portfolio
ad interim.
Italy Alive leader and former PM Matteo Renzi, who has orchestrated this government crisis – is either seeking an institutional government that governs until the end of the legislature or a government with the current majority, but without Giuseppe Conte as PM.