Italian prime minister to offer resignation as government wobbles

Mr Conte’s office said that the premier will inform his Cabinet at a meeting Tuesday morning of his “will to go to the Quirinale (presidential palace) to hand in his resignation”.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (Roberto Monaldo/Lapresse via AP)

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte will formally tell his coalition government that he intends to offer his resignation, his office said.

Mr Conte survived two confidence votes in Parliament last week but crucially lost his absolute majority in the Senate with the defection of a centrist ally, ex-Premier Matteo Renzi.