(ANSA) - Rome, May 24 - Premier designate Giuseppe Conte is
holding a round of consultations with Italy's political parties
at the Lower House on Thursday after getting a mandate from
President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday to form a government.
Conte, a law professor with no political experience picked to
lead a coalition government by the anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement and the anti-migrant, Euroskeptic League, accepted the
mandate with 'reservation'.
The consultations should help Conte decide whether he will be
able to form a new government, which Italy has been waiting for
since the March 4 general election, and drop the 'reservation'.
Speaking after getting the mandate for an M5S-League
executive, Conte said that he would be the "defence attorney"
for the Italian people.
Conte holding consultations
M5S-League pick says will be 'Italians' defence lawyer'