“The Council of Ministers will be convened for tomorrow morning at 9am, during which the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, will inform the ministers of his will to go to the (presidential palace) and submit his resignation,” the statement said. . He will then see President Sergio Mattarella, it added.
The dismissal is a calculated move that could eventually give him another chance to form a government.
Conte survived two confidence votes in parliament last week. But he lost his ruling majority in the Senate after his predecessor, Matteo Renzi, decided to pull the small Italia Viva party out of Conte’s ruling coalition over frustrations with the management of the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated economic impact. recession.
President Mattarella can choose whether to accept Conte’s resignation and will likely invite him to try to build a new ruling majority. If Conte is mandated to form a new majority, he would have to add five more senators to his existing coalition.
Conte’s coalition, which was formed in 2019, is led by the center-left Democratic Party (PD) and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S). Despite huge political differences, the unusual alliance prevented quick elections that could have favored the far-right League Party.