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Italy PM Conte to quit amid coalition row Italy government crisis: PM Conte to quit amid coalition row
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After a blistering attack on coalition partner Matteo Salvini, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said he will offer his resignation.After a blistering attack on coalition partner Matteo Salvini, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said he will offer his resignation.
Mr Conte said Mr Salvini had been "irresponsible" in creating a new political crisis for Italy for "personal and party interests".Mr Conte said Mr Salvini had been "irresponsible" in creating a new political crisis for Italy for "personal and party interests".
Mr Salvini, the leader of the nationalist League party, had tabled a no-confidence motion against Mr Conte.Mr Salvini, the leader of the nationalist League party, had tabled a no-confidence motion against Mr Conte.
He said he could no longer work with his coalition partners Five Star. He also said he could no longer work with his coalition partners Five Star.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The League and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement formed a coalition to govern just 14 months ago with Mr Conte as an independent as prime minister.
You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Addressing the Senate on Tuesday, Mr Conte said the League leader, who was sitting beside him, had been "looking for a pretext to return to the polls" since his party's success in European elections in May.
In those elections, the League came top with 34% of the votes in Italy, whereas Five Star got about 17%.
Mr Conte also warned that Mr Salvini had undermined the function of the government, "which stops here".
"I take this opportunity to announce that I will present my resignation as head of government to the president of the republic," he said.
In a Facebook post ahead of Mr Conte's address, Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio said it was an "the day when the League will have to answer for its faults for having decided to bring everything down, opening a government crisis in the middle of August".
He added that working with Mr Conte "was an honour".