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Italy's political crisis comes to a head as PM tipped to quit
[DAWN] Italia's political crisis comes to a head on Tuesday with speculation that Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will resign after far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini pulled the plug on the dysfunctional coalition government.Conte is due to speak in the Senate today following a week of fallout from Salvini's dramatic decision to back out of the alliance on August 8, plunging the eurozone's third-largest economy into political turmoil. Salvini's anti-immigrant League party has been soaring in opinion polls during months of squabbling over key policy decisions with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S). Salvini, who is also deputy prime minister, hopes to trigger early elections, which polls suggest his League party and right-wing allies could win. Conte is expected to make a speech, widely touted to be scathing of Salvini's behaviour, but it is not yet clear whether he will then immediately resign or wait for the outcome of a no confidence vote. Related: Matteo Salvini: 2019-08-19 Spain says migrants on charity boat can disembark in Algeciras Matteo Salvini: 2019-08-16 Six EU countries ready to take in stranded Open Arms migrants Matteo Salvini: 2019-08-14 The resurgence of Oriana Fallaci's anti-Islam message in Italy Related: Giuseppe Conte: 2019-08-16 Six EU countries ready to take in stranded Open Arms migrants Giuseppe Conte: 2019-07-05 Putin warns that militants are flowing into Libya from Syria's Idlib Giuseppe Conte: 2019-06-30 Italian police arrest migrant-rescue ship captain after docking Posted by: Fred 2019-08-21 |
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