Italy's prime minister announced his resignation on Tuesday as he made a bl...
ROME - Italy’s prime minister announced his resignation on Tuesday as he made a blistering attack on his own interior minister, Matteo Salvini, accusing him of sinking the ruling coalition and endangering the economy for personal and political gain.
“ has shown that he is following his own interests and those of his party,” Conte told a packed Senate, a stony-faced Salvini sitting by his side. “His decisions pose serious risks for this country.” Failing that, President Sergio Mattarella would have to dissolve parliament, 3-1/2 years ahead of schedule, a move that could trigger elections as early as the autumn.
“We do not need men who have ‘full powers’, but people who have institutional culture and a sense of responsibility,” he said in an hour long speech in which he also denounced Salvini’s habit of brandishing the cross at his political rallies. “I am not afraid,” he said “I don’t want Italy to be a slave to anyone, and I don’t want Italy to be given a long chain like a little dog. I don’t want any chain at all.”
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