{"id":8052,"date":"2018-06-01T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T09:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=8052"},"modified":"2018-06-01T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T09:06:04","slug":"italy-government-giuseppe-conte-to-head-populist-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8052","title":{"rendered":"Italy government: Giuseppe Conte to head populist coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8053\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8053\" src=\"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Giuseppe-Conte-L-presented-a-new-list-of-ministers-to-President-Sergio-Mattarella-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Giuseppe-Conte-L-presented-a-new-list-of-ministers-to-President-Sergio-Mattarella-1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Giuseppe-Conte-L-presented-a-new-list-of-ministers-to-President-Sergio-Mattarella-1-410x252.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giuseppe Conte (L) presented a new list of ministers to President Sergio Mattarella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A coalition government has been agreed in Italy, ending months of uncertainty in the EU\u2019s fourth-biggest economy.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte presented his list of ministers to President Sergio Mattarella for the second time in a week and the new government will be sworn in on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers are drawn from both the anti-establishment Five Star (M5S) and the right-wing League.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts to form a technocratic government had failed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mattarella rejected Mr Conte\u2019s original choice for economy minister but a different candidate was agreed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__crosshead\"><strong>What deal was reached?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After meeting President Mattarella, Mr Conte confirmed reports that the new candidate for the key economy minister post would be economics professor Giovanni Tria.<\/p>\n<p>M5S leader Luigi Di Maio and Mr Salvini said in a brief joint statement: \u201cAll the conditions have been met for a M5S-League government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will work intensely to realise our political objectives which we have already put together in our government contract,\u201d Mr Conte was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The new government is expected to be sworn in later on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>After the ceremony, it will face confidence votes in both chambers of parliament, where the M5S and the League have a majority.<\/p>\n<p>Italy is no stranger to political turmoil \u2013 it has had 64 governments since World War Two.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Conte is taking over from Paolo Gentiloni, who led a coalition cabinet for two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__crosshead\"><strong>How did we get here?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4 March:\u00a0<\/strong>5-Star wins 32% of the vote in the general election, with the League taking 18%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><\/figure>\n<p>The two populist parties eventually attempt to form a coalition, putting forward Mr Conte, a political novice, as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p><strong>28 May:<\/strong>\u00a0Mr Conte presents his cabinet list to President Mattarella who vetoes the choice of Mr Savona as finance minister on the grounds that he is a eurosceptic. Mr Conte bows out. Both parties are furious and Mr Di Maio calls on parliament to impeach Mr Mattarella. The president asks ex-IMF economist Carlo Cottarelli to form a technocratic government until fresh elections can be held.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30 May:<\/strong>\u00a0Mr Cottarelli appears to suspend his own efforts to form an interim administration as Five Star and the League engage in new talks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31 May:<\/strong>\u00a0Mr Conte returns to the president with a new cabinet list, which is accepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition government has been agreed in Italy, ending months of uncertainty in the EU\u2019s fourth-biggest economy. Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte presented his list of ministers to President Sergio Mattarella for the second time in a week and the new government will be sworn in on Friday. Ministers are drawn from both the anti-establishment Five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Italy government: Giuseppe Conte to head populist coalition - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8052\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Italy government: Giuseppe Conte to head populist coalition - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A coalition government has been agreed in Italy, ending months of uncertainty in the EU\u2019s fourth-biggest economy. 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