Italian Prime Minister Conte formally submits his resignation

　　China News Service, Beijing, January 26, Rome News: According to news from the Italian Presidential Palace on the 26th, Italian Prime Minister Conte formally submitted his resignation to President Mattarella that day.

　　According to the Associated Press, Mattarella has not made any other decisions except for asking Conte to keep the government running in the near future.

Mattarella will start consultations with political party leaders on the 27th.

　　According to the report, Conte's move is intended to form a new governing coalition to deal with the new crown epidemic and economic recession, and to formulate a budget plan for Italy's 209 billion euros (approximately US$254 billion) from the EU Recovery Fund.

　　CNN reported that after Conte submitted his resignation, Mattarella is likely to reappoint Conte and rely on the support of centrist leaders to try again to form a cabinet and seek an absolute majority in Parliament.

In addition, another way to break the deadlock is to hold general elections two years in advance.

　　According to local media reports, due to opposition to Conte’s draft recovery plan, the Vigor Party led by former Italian Prime Minister Renzi withdrew from the ruling coalition on the 13th, and three Vigor Party cabinet members also announced their resignations.

The withdrawal of the Vigor Party caused the ruling coalition to lose a majority of seats in the parliament and also caused Italy, which was hit hard by the epidemic, to face a political crisis.

　　According to the report, although the ruling coalition led by Conte won a vote of confidence in the Senate and the House of Representatives on the 18th and 19th and survived the ruling crisis, it is still difficult to obtain a majority in the Senate.

Without a majority in the Senate, it will be difficult for Conte to pass effective legislation to deal with the new crown epidemic and promote economic recovery.

　　The ruling coalition led by Conte was established in 2019 and is led by the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement Party.

According to a Reuters report, since Italy announced its first "closed country" in Europe in response to the epidemic last spring, Conte's support rate has been high, exceeding 50%.

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