Premier Giuseppe Conte has called
on the parties backing his government to play fair and cooperate
amid reports of tension within the ruling alliance over the 2020
budget bill.
"I expect loyalty and a spirit of cooperation from all the
parties, old and new ones," Conte said in an interview published
in Thursday's Corriere della Sera.
"We all have to work hard in the same direction to change
Italy".
The government is based on an alliance between the 5-Star
Movement (M5S), the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and
ex-premier Matteo Renzi's newly founded centrist Italia Viva
(IV) group.
It is the second administration led by the
academic-turned-politician Conte.
Conte's first government, which was based on alliance between
the M5S and the right-wing League, lasted 14 months.
It collapsed in August when League leader and former Interior
Minister Matteo Salvini pulled the plug in an unsuccessful
attempt to trigger early elections.
"We have put together a series of reforms that need time to
have their effects," Conte said.
"As we saw in August, hasty, irresponsible moves do not pay".
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