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Government crisis, Conte da Mattarella to resign: and now?

Giuseppe Conte resigns. The decision came shortly after 7pm last night when it became clear that, despite having gained confidence in Parliament last week, there was no chance for the current government to survive with such small numbers.

At nine in the morning the Council of Ministers is convened in which Conte decided to communicate his intention to resign and go up to the Quirinale to formalize the decision before the Head of State.

RESIGNATION
This decision by Conte opens a crisis in the dark.

The premier is going to resign without having, for now, the certainty of having a Count ter, an immediate new post, because does not have a large and solid majority in the Senate, to be proposed to the President of the Republic.

The perpetrators who were sought in the Senate did not arrive and the majority would have risked being beaten as early as Wednesday with the minister’s report on justice Good faith. At this point, consultations should open and should be quick.

THE POSITIONS
The 5-star Movement and the Democratic Party, but also Liberi e Uguali, see a new Conte-led government as the best possible solution. For the penstastellati in particular the only way out is a Count Ter, a third government led by the current premier. The M5S is firmly opposed to the return to the majority of Italia Viva which led to the crisis, but it is possible that there are no alternatives to a government with the support of Renzi that the Democratic Party would accept.

For the Democratic party resignation is a necessary step to bring out the willing, the votes that could save the government. According to the Democratic Party, it is necessary “an authoritative, pro-European government capable of addressing the problems by appealing to everyone’s responsibility”.

From the center-right the only discordant position among the major parties with respect to the request for elections (Lega and Fratelli d’Italia want them) is that of Forza Italia. A note of Silvio Berlusconi proposes an alternative: “Government of broad agreements or return to the polls”. The former premier reiterated that “no negotiations are underway for any support of any kind to the government in office” and said he trusted the head of state. A summit is planned with the entire coalition extended to UDC (which is still called out of the request of leaders), Noi con Italia and Cambiamo.

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