But Italy's prime minister has pushed back against widespread criticism that he has been excessively cautious
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wears a face mask as he arrives to attend a session of the Senate in Rome, Italy, on April 30 2020. Picture: REUTERS/REMO CASILLI
Conte, a law professor who took office in 2018 during a populist rebellion against Italy’s political establishment, insisted on Sunday that the governing coalition was solid. He pushed back against widespread criticism that he’s been excessively cautious. With Italy still in the throes of Europe’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, more than four-million people are cleared to return to work on Monday. The reopening includes icons of Italian industry such as Ferrari’s supercar factory in the town of Maranello and nearby competitor Lamborghini. Bars and restaurants can’t return to normal until the end of May, though eateries can start offering takeaways from Monday.
A cabinet meeting could be delayed until Thursday amid government division over the next stimulus measures, daily Il Messaggero reported. Conte’s office did not immediately reply to a request for comment on a possible delay. With the pandemic’s uneven human toll exposing Europe’s north-south divide, Conte’s setbacks leading up to Monday include his failure to persuade the continent’s German-led camp to back joint eurozone debt issuance for the recovery.
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