Analysis-Italy's politics, public opinion, could weaken West's anti-Putin front

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

ROME (Reuters) - Divisions between Italy's political parties and ambivalence among its public over the war in Ukraine could become a weak link in the West's efforts to present a united front against Russia, analysts say.

Prime Minister Mario Draghi and his government have taken a tough line on Moscow, and the former European Central Bank chief on Wednesday claimed some credit for the West's decision to freeze the Russian central bank's foreign reserves.