FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gestures during a joint news conference with his Tunisian counterpart Youssef Chahed, in Tunis, Tunisia, April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday dismissed a junior minister involved in a graft scandal despite resistance from the League party which had backed the official, who is a senior party member.
The issue has created fierce tensions between the far-right League and its coalition partner, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, threatening to pull the alliance apart as the two parties compete ahead of this month's European Union elections.
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