Italy’s Giuseppe Conte returns as parties reach deal on new government
Italian President Sergio Mattarella summons Conte for talks early on Thursday
28 August 2019 - 22:54
Rome — Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) clinched a deal on Wednesday to form a new government and stave off elections in the eurozone’s third-largest economy, though some uncertainties remained.
Five Star said the coalition would be led by outgoing prime minister Giuseppe Conte, who had resigned following the collapse of the populist government earlier in August...
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