Newly appointed Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (left) shaking hands with Italy President Sergio Mattarella after signing the list of the new cabinet on May 31, 2018. ROME (AFP) – Italy’s populist parties will be sworn in to power on Friday (June 1) in Rome after they reached a new coalition deal, narrowly avoiding snap elections and setting in motion an anti-austerity government in the eurozone’s third largest economy.
On Thursday evening President Sergio Mattarella gave a mandate for the second time to Giuseppe Conte – the populists’ pick for prime minister.
Italy has been in the throws of political uncertainty […]
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