PM urges pro-EU lawmakers to back Italy’s fragile gov’t
Renzi criticises handling of pandemic
By AFP - Jan 18,2021 - Last updated at Jan 18,2021
Leader of the Italian far-right Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d Italia) Party, Giorgia Meloni reacts on Monday during a debate at the lower house of parliament at Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome (AFP photo)
ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appealed to liberal, pro-European lawmakers on Monday to support his teetering government or risk handing power to the nationalist right.
The coalition has been on the brink since former premier Matteo Renzi withdrew his Italia Viva Party last week, depriving Conte of his majority in the Senate, parliament s upper house.