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ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resisted calls to resign on Thursday after a junior coalition party pulled out of his government, stripping him of a parliamentary majority in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, Conte signalled he wanted to take his fight for survival to parliament, with his main coalition partners backing plans to try to find so-called “responsible” lawmakers from among opposition ranks to prop up the administration. On Monday he will address the Chamber of Deputies on the crisis and what is sure to be a fiery debate will be followed by a vote...

Italian Government Near Collapse After Renzi Pulls Ministers From Rulling CoalitionAs if there wasn’t enough chaos in the world. Yesterday we reported that under the leadership of the ECB’s QE Premier Giuseppe Conte, Italy’s government has – or rather had – enjoyed a degree of stability unseen in decades, as the technocratic former law professor – initially brought in to lead a government formed by two anti-establishment parties, the anti-migrant League and left-wing populist Five Star Movement – had already survived the collapse of his original coalition. When League leader Matteo Salvini withdrew from the ruling coalition back in 2019,...