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Parliament would be dissolved and a new general election would be called for the beginning of 2019. In the absence of confidence, the government would deal only with the so-called current affairs and lead the country toward new elections after August 2018. Cottarelli also
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Movement and the League, who had reached a substantial agreement on a government agenda. However, on 27 May 2018, Conte renounced the office due to contrasts between the League's leader
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candidates to serve as ministers in his cabinet and may even renounce. Meanwhile, Matteo
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Italy will be led by “Mr. Scissor”. Here there’s everything you need to know
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Ex-IMF official Carlo Cottarelli asked to be Italy's new prime minister
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Who is Carlo Cottarelli, the technocrat who could be Italy's next PM?
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729:Carlo Cottarelli – Biographical Information
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435:Member of the Senate
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908:on 26 February 2019
329:Chamber of Deputies
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