Italy : New Elections In The Horizon

It follows the collapse of the coalition government headed by independent Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned. The head of Government announced his resignation on Tuesday, August, 20, 2019 accusing the Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini of being behind the political crisis in Italy because of personal and party interest. 
Addressing the Senate, Prime Minister Conte said, Mr. Salvini the head of the League Party has been looking for a pretext to return to the polls since his party's success in European elections in May.  
Matteo Salvini, the leader of the nationalist League Party who had tabled a no-confidence motion against Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte, has been accused by other members of the coalition of calling for a new government in an effort to continue to ride high on his popularity within Italy. He had been portrayed as a strongman domestically after refusing to let migrants fleeing from Africa and elsewhere to set foot on Italian soil.
Reacting to accusations levied against him by the outgoing Prime Minister, the leader of the League Party Matteo Salvini said, "I did not speak ill of colleagues, but as minister of the interior I delivered a safer Italy in the past year. I am not afraid of the judgement of Italians," he added.
Fourteen months ago, the League and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement formed a coalition to govern with Mr. Conte as an independent Prime Minister after the League and the Five Star Parties grabbed 34% and 17 % of votes in Italy respectively.
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