Posts Tagged ‘conte’

Giuseppe Conte: Italy’s ex-PM bids to revive Five Star Movement

Italian lawyer Giuseppe Conte was plucked out of political obscurity to become prime minister in 2018 after the populist Five Star Movement’s election triumph.  Conte is now leading the movement into Sunday’s snap general election after succeeding Luigi di Maio as leader two years ago. With Italians once again at the polls, Conte’s party eschews […]

Outgoing PM Conte hands over to new Italian PM Mario Draghi

Former European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi, the man credited with largely saving the euro currency, formally took the helm as Italy’s premier. At Palazzo Chigi, he received a small bell from outgoing premier Giuseppe Conte in a traditional ceremony of the exchanging of the bell to mark the handover of power. The bell is […]

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte To Offer Resignation As Government Wobbles

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte intends to offer his resignation on Tuesday, his office said Monday, a move likely to be a gamble that the embattled leader will get a fresh mandate from the president to forge a more viable coalition. Conte survived two confidence votes in Parliament last week but crucially lost […]

Government of Italian PM Giuseppe Conte survives crucial Senate confidence vote

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte survived a vote of confidence held in the Senate on Tuesday evening but his coalition government, deprived of an absolute majority, emerged from the crisis weakened. The vote was called after coalition partner Italia Viva (IV), led by former prime minister Mateo Renzi, withdrew its support from the government last […]

COVIDIOCRACY! Italian PM Conte Imposes Mandatory Face Mask Outdoors

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.Breitbart.com ROME — Officials in Rome and the surrounding Lazio region have imposed a new anti-COVID regulation, requiring the wearing of masks outdoors even when walking alone. Friday’s decree follows on a period of massive coronavirus testing in the country (118,236 tests performed Thursday) and a rising numbers of positive results (2,548 Thursday), […]

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