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Italy's PM-designate Giuseppe Conte fails to form populist government | Italy's PM-designate Giuseppe Conte fails to form populist government |
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Italy’s prime minister-designate has told the president he has been unable to form what would have been western Europe’s first populist government, potentially paving the way for fresh elections. | |
A presidential palace official told reporters on Sunday night that Giuseppe Conte “has given back the mandate” to try to form a government that President Sergio Mattarella gave him four days earlier. | A presidential palace official told reporters on Sunday night that Giuseppe Conte “has given back the mandate” to try to form a government that President Sergio Mattarella gave him four days earlier. |
Conte, a little-known law professor with no political experience, took his list of ministers to Mattarella, but the president rejected Conte’s candidate to the economy ministry, the 81-year-old Eurosceptic economist Paolo Savona. Mattarella is staunchly pro-Europe. | Conte, a little-known law professor with no political experience, took his list of ministers to Mattarella, but the president rejected Conte’s candidate to the economy ministry, the 81-year-old Eurosceptic economist Paolo Savona. Mattarella is staunchly pro-Europe. |
Conte said he tried his hardest to form a government and had full cooperation from would-be coalition partners, the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) and League parties. | |
In a terse comment to reporters after he relinquished the presidential mandate, Conte said he “gave the maximum effort, attention, to carry out this task”. | |
Before Conte or Mattarella had finished their meeting, far-right League leader Matteo Salvini said the only option now was to hold another election, probably later this year, without directly confirming the president’s veto. | |
“In a democracy, if we are still in democracy, there’s only one thing to do, let the Italians have their say,” Salvini said in a fiery speech to supporters in central Italy. | “In a democracy, if we are still in democracy, there’s only one thing to do, let the Italians have their say,” Salvini said in a fiery speech to supporters in central Italy. |
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