Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he would have 'important things ...
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he would have “important things to say” at a news conference set for later on Monday, amid squabbles in his ruling coalition and the threat of EU action over Italy’s deteriorating state finances.
Several Italian newspapers said Conte, a former academic, would threaten to resign unless the two coalition parties - the right-wing League and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement - agreed to settle their differences and get on with governing.Conte announced on Facebook that he would hold a news conference at 1615 GMT and that it would also be broadcast on the social media platform so that Italians could follow it live. He gave no indication of what he would say.
Relations between the League and 5-Star soured during the campaign for European parliamentary elections on May 26. Since the EU election League leader Matteo Salvini has continued to promise swingeing tax cuts and dismiss EU calls for fiscal discipline.
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