‘Unprecedented institutional clash’: Italy fails to form govt over anti-EU economic minister
Italy’s PM-designate Giuseppe Conte said he’s given up on
attempts to form a government after President Sergio Mattarella rejected
his candidacy for economy minister. The country may now face a new
election by the end of 2018.
“President
[Mattarella] has received Prof. Giuseppe Conte .... who returned the
mandate given to him on May 23 to form the government. The president has
thanked him for his effort in fulfilling this task,” Ugo Zampetti,
an official within the presidential administration, told RAI. After the
talk, Mattarella said that he was going to make a decision on the new
parliamentary vote in the country in the coming hours.Conte confirmed his failure to form “the government of change” in Italy, saying: “I can assure you that I did my utmost to try to fulfill this task.”
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