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| Italy PM-designate Conte gives up bid for government | |
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| Italian PM-designate Giuseppe Conte has given up his bid to form a government amid reports the country's president vetoed his choice of economy minister. | Italian PM-designate Giuseppe Conte has given up his bid to form a government amid reports the country's president vetoed his choice of economy minister. |
| The decision was announced after a meeting between the two men. | |
| Mr Conte, a political novice, was chosen by two populist parties in an attempt to end 11 weeks of political deadlock. | |
| Italy has been without a government since elections on 4 March, because no political group could form a majority. | |
| Mr Conte took his list of cabinet choices to the President, Sergio Mattarella on Sunday evening in the hope of finally being able to form a coalition government. | |
| But Mr Mattarella is reported to have rejected his candidate for economy minister, Paolo Savona, a known eurosceptic. |