Italy Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s new pro-Europe government faces confidence vote in the lower house of parliament, as protesters from the far-right rallied in Rome. Conte was set to outline the new government’s 29-point programme, including potential reforms to Italy’s controversial immigration law, brought in by previous, far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini.
The most pressing dossier on the table is the 2020 budget. The coalition of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and centre-left Democratic Party was expected to easily win, and will then face another vote Tuesday in the upper house. Demonstrators from the far-right League and smaller Brothers of Italy party protested in front of parliament, with some performing right-arm fascist salutes while others held up banners reading “not in my name”.
Italy’s new pro-Europe govt under PM Conte faces confidence vote in lower house of parliament
