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Conte could still conjure up the miracle of a third government (Photo: Consilium)

Giuseppe Conte: scapegoat or Italy's most cunning politician?

The players of that tortuous and apparently incomprehensible game that is Italian politics are holding their breath.

Especially Giuseppe Conte. After a half-hour meeting with the other ministers on Tuesday morning (26 January), the Italian prime minister went to the Quirinale, the magnificent official residence of the president of the republic – the progressive Christian Democrat, Sergio Mattarella – to resign.

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Valentina Saini is a freelance journalist specialising in Italian social issues and politics, gender issues and the Middle East and North Africa region.

Conte could still conjure up the miracle of a third government (Photo: Consilium)

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Valentina Saini is a freelance journalist specialising in Italian social issues and politics, gender issues and the Middle East and North Africa region.

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