Ex-premier and centrist Italia Viva
(IV) party leader Matteo Renzi said Tuesday Premier Giuseppe
Conte was "convinced" he would have enough parliamentary support
without IV which was therefore set to join the opposition.
"If the premier has taken this line he is clearly convinced he
has the numbers an that's OK, it's called parliamentary
democracy and we'll go into opposition," said the former leader
of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
With IV's upcoming defection over the COVID Recovery Plan, Conte
needs 18 Senators to make up for the loss of Renzi's party.
Observers said he was likely to get them.
IV's partners, the 5-Star Movement, the Democratic Party and
Free and Equal, have urged Renzi not to trigger a government
crisis by pulling his two ministers.
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