- Title: File footage of Conte, as he is expected to be given fresh mandate by president
- Date: 28th August 2019
- Summary: ROME, ITALY (FILE - JUNE 5, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIUSEPPE CONTE SEATED IN UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT NEXT TO ITALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERS LUIGI DI MAIO (LEFT) AND MATTEO SALVINI (RIGHT) / CONTE, SALVINI AND DI MAIO LAUGHING UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT FORMER ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER MATTEO RENZI SMILING SENATORS APPLAUDING CONTE HUGGING ITALIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ALFONSO BONAFEDE AND SHAKING HANDS WITH MEMBERS OF SENATE ROME, ITALY (FILE - MAY 23, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE, GIUSEPPE CONTE, SAYING: "Good evening everyone. The (Italian) President (Sergio Mattarella) has given me the mandate to form a government which I have accepted with reservation." ROME, ITALY (FILE - MAY 24, 2018) (REUTERS) SECURITY MAN AT DOOR AS DOOR OPENS / CONTE COMING OUT OF DOOR AND ENTERING TAXI / TAXI LEAVING ROME, ITALY (FILE - MAY 27, 2018) (REUTERS) CONTE PAYING FOR TAXI INSIDE CAR / CONTE ENTERING PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
- Embargoed: 11th September 2019 19:25
- Keywords: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte Interior Minister Matteo Salvini Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio President Sergio Mattarella political crisis
- Location: ROME, ITALY
- City: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AU4SU9Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Italian President Sergio Mattarella has summoned outgoing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for a meeting on Thursday (August 29) morning at 9.30 a.m. (0730 GMT), a presidential official said on Wednesday (August 28).
The announcement signalled that Conte was likely to receive a mandate to try to form a new government with the ruling 5-Star Movement and the opposition Democratic Party (PD).
Conte resigned last week after the far-right League party withdrew from its coalition with the 5-Star, forcing Mattarella to hold consultations with all Italy's main political parties to try to find a way out of the political chaos.
Both 5-Star and the PD told the president they were willing to try to form an administration with Conte at the helm.
The two sides still need to agree on a shared policy platform and team of ministers, but 5-Star chief Luigi Di Maio and his PD counterpart Nicola Zingaretti said they had pledged to find common ground for the good of the country.
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