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mo4ch:>‘Uncharted waters’: Italy’s government falls as Salvini gambles on snap election win | Mo4ch News

Italy’s flamboyant Deputy PM Matteo Salvini managed to end his own government’s term. He hopes for a big win in an early election, but may find himself in the opposition instead, analysts told RT.Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation on Tuesday, delivering a scathing attack on Salvini and accusing him of being an “opportunist” and putting his political ambitions ahead of the country’s needs.The decision was widely expected, since otherwise the government would have faced a vote of no confidence, in which Salvini’s right-wing, anti-immigration League party would have voted to scrap the government. Salvini had earlier called for a snap election, declaring that the coalition between his party and the left-wing Five-Star Movement was no longer workable and that the choice should be given “back to the voters.”Also on rt.comItalian PM Conte resigns as coalition row deepens after Salvini calls for new electionUnlikely government from startThe left-right coalition wa…