 "Giuseppe Conte, Italy's prime minister, addresses the Senate in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. Alessia Pierdomenico/ Bloomberg")
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will hand his resignation to the Italian president later on Tuesday after telling lawmakers that his deputy’s self-interested and irresponsible rebellion means the administration can’t continue.
But Conte may not be ready to step aside just yet — he also savaged Matteo Salvini’s demands for a snap election. Conte could stay in office and thwart Salvini’s power grab if he can stitch together a fresh majority and persuade head of state Sergio Mattarella to give him a second shot at governing.
In a speech to the Senate, Conte lashed out at Salvini, saying it isn’t in
