• Italy Giuseppe Conte obtains the support of the Chamber of Deputies after the crisis of Government opened by Matteo Renzi

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After widely overcoming a question of confidence in Parliament on Monday, the Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, has faced this Tuesday in the Senate a decisive day for the fate of his second Government, after the crisis opened by the march of Italia Viva by Matteo Renzi.

Conte has exceeded the confidence of the Senate, but has lost an absolute majority, leaving his government notably weakened to deal with the pandemic.

With

156 votes in favor and 140 against, over the 161 necessary

for an absolute majority, the coalition government between the 5 Star Movement (M5E, anti-system) and the Democratic Party (PD, center-left) avoids its fall for now.

The vote had been stalled by a dispute over a former member of the 5 Star Movement that arrived immediately after being closed.

The president of the Senate, Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casselati,

checks the security cameras at this time

to determine if she could vote.

There were surprises in the vote: two senators from

Forza Italia

(Maria Rosaria Rossi and Andrea Causin) voted in favor of the Conte government.

They have earned a reprimand from Antonio Tajani: "Those who vote for 'yes' are out of the party."

Renzi, who has missed the first call to cast his vote and have kept the mystery until the second call, has kept his word and abstained.

The senators for life have also mobilized to go to the vote, among them Liliana Segre, 90, a Holocaust survivor, stood out, applauded after entering the Senate headquarters despite the fact that doctors had advised her not to attend.

In his speech, the 'premier' has again criticized before the senators, as he did yesterday before the deputies, the "very harsh media attacks" in the media by the representatives of Italia Viva in the previous weeks.

And in his speech he has again appealed to the pro-European forces to continue governing, and to political representatives to regain the trust of citizens.

Conte has repeated a speech before the Senate, although he has clarified that, although "the numbers are important", what matters most is "is the quality of the political project."

Like yesterday, the head of government has listed the achievements of his management and the needs due to the pandemic and reviewed the objectives to be met if he obtains the support of the Senate.

Conte concluded his speech to applause and whistles.

After restoring order to the House, with great difficulty, President

Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati gave

the floor to Senator Pier Ferdinando Casini for the first of the speeches.

After the debate, Conte will take the floor again during the afternoon and the vote will take place around 9:00 p.m. (20:00 GMT).

In the lower house, Conte yesterday obtained 321 votes in favor, 259 against and 27 abstentions, with the fundamental support of the partner parties of his Cabinet, the 5-Star Movement (M5S), the Democratic Party and Free and Equal, in addition to the Group Mixed.

The 'premier' had the support of seven former M5S deputies, representatives of the MAE, parliamentarians elected abroad and

Renata Polverini

, former president of the Lazio region who with her gesture left her Forza Italia party.

But the UDC centrists didn't change their minds.

Cheered in Parliament

"Let's turn the page," Conte said yesterday during his speech before Parliament, which lasted 55 minutes and unleashed 14 applause.

The 'premier', without ever naming Renzi, revealed his displeasure at the "extremely harsh media attacks by Italia Viva" and has repeatedly referred to Italian citizens as spectators of "incomprehensible and sterile" controversies.

"Was it really necessary to open a political crisis at this stage?

" Conte reproached, as if he wanted to expose the strategy of the leader who challenged him.

"The crisis has opened a deep wound in the majority and a deep consternation in the country", continued the 'premier', between the protests of the right and Italia Viva.

He criticized Renzi for having drawn the attention of the international media to Italy and closed

the door to any possible reconciliation

: "At this point, let's be honest, we cannot cancel what happened and recover that climate and that feeling of confidence that are essential."

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