Italian PM Conte quits in tactical bid to build new majority

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Published Tuesday, January 26, 2021
CBC News

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte handed in his resignation to the head of state on Tuesday, hoping he would be given an opportunity to put together a new coalition and rebuild his parliamentary majority.

The deepening political crisis is playing out against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 85,000 Italians — the second-highest death toll in Europe (after Britain) and the sixth-highest in the world.

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