The drama triggered a fresh round of uncertainty over the country's future.
Italy's prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, formally tendered his resignation Tuesday evening in Rome, after a day of confrontational drama in the Italian Senate triggered a fresh round of uncertainty over the country's political future.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gestures as he delivers a speech at the Italian Senate, in Rome, on August 20, 2019, as the country faces a political crisis.Italy's prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, formally tendered his resignation Tuesday evening in Rome, after a day of confrontational drama in the Italian Senate triggered a fresh round of uncertainty over the country's political future but also a surprisingly beneficial jolt to its borrowing costs.
As a compromise candidate for prime minister who was proposed by M5S, Conte had been forced to steer the divided coalition government through budgetary conflicts with the European Union, while also tamping down frequent public spats inside his own Cabinet. "If we can make a serious platform, to contrast illegal immigration and to boost the Italian economy — we are ready," Malan acknowledged. But he insisted such a collaboration would only be possible if Salvini and his Lega colleagues ceased all further discussions of a possible Italian exit from the European Union, since such comments were not "reassuring to the markets."
A packed chamber and press gallery relished the frequent trading of insults and interruptions for well over an hour, despite the Senate president's repeated attempts to encourage civility, before another former premier, Matteo Renzi, stood up to lambast Salvini further. And Conte could yet retain a chance of staying at the peak of Italian politics, according to Forza d'Italia's Malan, since a manifesto-style portion of his speech Tuesday included "words, issues and arguments that are dear to the left of our Parliament — and that was meaningful."
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