Explainer: Italy's PM Conte resigns. What comes next?


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  • Wednesday, 21 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO: Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini reacts as Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the upper house of parliament over the ongoing government crisis, in Rome, Italy August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte handed in his resignation on Tuesday after accusing his interior minister, Matteo Salvini, of putting his League party before the needs of Italy.

It will now be up to President Sergio Mattarella to try to find a solution to the political crisis. Here are some of the possible scenarios.

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