For weeks there has been unrest in Italian politics.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has now officially submitted his resignation.
Update from January 26, 1:02 p.m.:
After the break of his governing coalition, Italy's Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte
officially submitted his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella.
This was announced by Conte's spokesman on Tuesday to the German Press Agency upon request, after Conte had previously informed his cabinet of his move.
Mattarella had accepted Conte's resignation, said the presidential office in Rome, according to AFP.
The nonpartisan Conte wants to form a new coalition with a clear majority, but the decision to commission a government lies with Mattarella.
First report
from January 25th:
Rome - Is a change of power in
Italy
taking shape after
all or is it all just tactics?
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte
is
due to
offer
his
resignation
in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday (January 26th) at 9:00 a.m.
The government announced in Rome on Monday evening.
To this end, he will submit his request to President Sergio Mattarella.
According to Italian media reports,
Conte
wants to
secure the mandate for a new government with this step after the government
crisis
that has lasted for weeks.
Just last week, the
Prime Minister
narrowly won two votes of confidence in parliament, but his minority government has been on shaky feet ever since.
The government crisis came about through a dispute between
Contes
and the smaller coalition partner Italia Viva.
The party of the former
Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi disagreed with the distribution of corona aid from the EU.
He then withdrew his two ministers from the cabinet.
A bang in Italy: Prime Minister Conte offers to resign
According to media reports,
Conte's
resignation
does not come as a complete surprise.
Because that way he could get another commission from Head of State Matarella to form a new government.
After the end of a government, the Italian president has the option of appointing a politician to form a new one.
If there is no majority, new elections could be obtained.
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The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announces his resignation
© Lapresse / Roberto Monaldo / LaPresse via ZUMA Press / dpa
The
center-left alliance broke
on January 13 after the small party Italia Viva left.
With his other allies - namely the Five Star Movement, the Social Democrats (PD) and a small left-wing party - the
Prime Minister
tried
to find supporters in parliament.
Without success.
After
Conte announced his resignation
, the largest party in parliament, the populist five-star movement, already assured him of their support.
"We stay on Conte's side," shared the party leaders.
David Crippa and Ettore Licheri with.
Resignation of Prime Minister Conte - no more than political calculation?
About a week ago,
Conte
barely
survived
an important vote of confidence in the Senate with 156 votes.
However, by losing an absolute majority of 161 votes, his government was weakened considerably.
In his two and a half years as
prime minister
, the lawyer has already overcome one or the other crisis.
He had already survived a coalition break in the summer of 2019.
At that time he was able to find new partners and thus form the 66th government of Italy.
At least until tomorrow, Tuesday (January 26th).