Explainer: Italy's Salvini snarled in political crisis of his own making


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO: Italian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the League party Matteo Salvini gestures as he speaks in the upper house as the senate meets to set a date for a motion of no confidence in the government in Rome, Italy August 13, 2019/Remo Casilli

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who heads the far-right League party, announced last Thursday that he would file a motion of no-confidence in the government and wanted early elections.

Fast forward a week and the coalition government is still in office, with no clear picture emerging of what will happen next, or even when. Here are some of the scenarios and possible moves.

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