Italian PM Conte plans to step down

Prime minister Giuseppe Conte will meet with President Sergio Mattarella after a cabinet meeting tomorrow. Conte will reportedly convene his cabinet to announce his intention to resign.

In Italy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will convene his cabinet tomorrow to announce his thoughts on resigning.

The country is expected to enter a new phase tomorrow in the government crisis, which began with the collapse of the four-party coalition on January 13th.

"Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will announce to his ministers his willingness to go to the presidency in order to resign," the Italian Prime Minister's office said in a written statement. Prime Minister Conte will meet with President Sergio Mattarella after a cabinet meeting." they were used.

Italian media reports said Conte, whose Italia Viva party risked a majority in the Senate after leaving the coalition, resigned after a vote in the Senate for Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede indicated his government was likely to remain in the minority.

Conte will step down to form a more robust coalition in parliament under his own leadership, and the president will be able to conduct consultations on this issue.

It is curious how President Mattarella, who has been sending messages since the beginning of the year that the uncertainty over the government will be lifted tomorrow, so that Italy, which is struggling with an epidemic crisis, does not experience a political crisis.

There have been scenarios in which Mattarella could initiate consultations for a new government with political parties represented in parliament, if Prime Minister Conte accepts his resignation, or, in no time, appoint Conte to form a broader-backed government again.

COALITION PARTNERS BEHIND CONTE

One of the coalition's major partners, the 5 Star Movement (M5S) and the Democratic Party (PD), said Conte's "3. There have been messages about Conte forming his government, while the opposition right-wing parties have reiterated their calls for an election, but the number of seats in the Senate of the M5S and PD is not enough for an absolute majority.

Matteo Salvini, the leader of the far-right League party, which came out as the First party in opinion polls, argued that Conte should resign earlier.

2. CONTE'S GOVERNMENT 

M5S, PD, free and equals (LeU) began as a triple coalition, split the PD, and turned into a quadruple coalition with the exit of IV "2. Conte's government " was formed on 5 September 2019, replacing the coalition government formed by the M5S and the far-right League party, again led by Giuseppe Conte.

Iv, one of the coalition's junior partners, withdrew from the government on 13 January, sharply criticizing the prime minister's plan for a future bailout fund from the European Union and Conte. In the government crisis that began with this withdrawal, 2. On 18 January, Conte's government received a vote of confidence from the lower wing of Parliament, the House of Representatives, with an absolute majority, and on 19 January, the upper wing received a vote of confidence from the Senate without an absolute majority. The lack of an absolute majority in the Senate led to the government falling into a minority on some commissions. Conte and his other coalition partners have sought partners to strengthen the government in Parliament since January 20th, but have not received any results from contacts.