Giuseppe Conte Approved For Italian Prime Minister
Sumaira FH Published May 23, 2018 | 11:47 PM
Italy's president on Wednesday approved little-known lawyer Giuseppe Conte's nomination to be prime minister of a government formed by far-right and anti-establishment parties
Rome, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2018 ) :Italy's president on Wednesday approved little-known lawyer Giuseppe Conte's nomination to be prime minister of a government formed by far-right and anti-establishment parties.
Conte's appointment could herald an end to more than two months of political uncertainty in the eurozone's third-biggest economy -- but the coalition's eurosceptic and anti-immigrant stance has alarmed senior European officials.
President Sergio Mattarella met on Wednesday afternoon with Conte, "to whom he gave the mandate to form a government," said Ugo Zampetti, General Secretary of the Italian presidency.
The talks with the president had been delayed amid a furore over claims that Conte had exaggerated his academic experience on his CV.
He must now finalise his cabinet, which has been the subject of days of tough negotiations between the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the far-right League. The list of ministerial candidates must then be endorsed by head-of-state Mattarella before it can seek parliamentary approval.
Italian media reported that League chief Matteo Salvini would become interior minister while Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio will be in charge of the economic development ministry.
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