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Italian premier Giuseppe Conte talks to journalists outside Chigi Palace's Premier office, in Rome Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Intent on his government’s survival, Premier Giuseppe Conte says the coalition will let “national” interests determine if an Alpine rail tunnel should be built. The populist government’s main partner, the 5-Star Movement, fiercely opposes the high-speed TAV rail tunnel, which is meant to speed travel between France and Italy. (Riccardo Antimiani/ANSA via AP)

Italian premier leaves open a possible OK for rail tunnel

Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attend a debate on the future Europe at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2019. France recalled its ambassador to Italy last week in the two EU countries' biggest diplomatic dispute since World War II. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Italy slams EU for lack of solidarity, but faulted for same

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, left, speaks during a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Saad Hariri, at the Government House in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese PM calls on Italy to increase investment in Lebanon

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Italian premier Giuseppe Conte gestures during a year end press conference in Rome, Italy, Friday, Dec.28, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italy’s premier insists budget deal not dictated by EU

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Fallen trees by the hundreds caused by severe bad weather in recent days in the forest near Belluno, Veneto Region, northern Italy, are seen Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. (Moreno Geremetta/ANSA via AP)

Storms, floods in Sicily kill at least 12 people; 2 missing

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is holding talks with Russian officials on his first trip to Moscow. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russian, Italy vow to expand ties despite EU sanctions

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte answers reporters' questions during a press conference at the foreign press club in Rome, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy stands firm against EU in budget dispute

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Italy approves final budget draft yet vows dialogue with EU

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Italy's Interior Minister and Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini, right, and Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte attend a press conference on Italy's budget law, at Chigi Palace Premier office, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP)

The Latest: EU voices concerns over Italy’s budget deficit

Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, left, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali stand attention at they review the guard of honor, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the occasion of an official visit, Thursday Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo)

Italy’s PM visits Ethiopia and then Eritrea to support peace

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gestures as he talks during his press conference at Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said Wednesday his country is willing to consider “more rigorous accords” on Iran, adding that he recently asked U.S. President Donald Trump to share intelligence about Iran’s alleged nuclear program that has triggered fresh U.S. sanctions. (Angelo Carconi/ANSA via AP)

Italian premier asked Trump for info on Iran nuclear status

By TRISHA THOMAS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump praises Italy’s Conte on immigration

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the White House, Monday, July 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump steels for possible government shutdown amid border wall impasse

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during a news conference at the White House, Monday, July 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Premier: US, Italy are ‘almost twin countries’

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President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump praises Giuseppe Conte, Italian prime minister, for tough stance on illegal migration

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte waits for the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Monday, June 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Giuseppe Conte, Italy prime minister, and Donald Trump bond over migrants, Russia

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte at the G7 Leaders Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec., on Friday, June 8, 2018. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

EDITORIAL: Italy, France trade insults about a migrant ship looking to land

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This June 12, 2018 photo released Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by French NGO &quot;SOS Mediterranee&quot; shows migrants being transferred from the Aquarius ship to Italian Coast Guard boats, in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy dispatched two ships Tuesday to help take 629 migrants stuck off its shores on the days-long voyage to Spain in what is forecast to be bad weather, after the new populist government refused them safe port in a dramatic bid to force Europe to share the burden of unrelenting arrivals. (Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP)

The Latest: US Navy ship seeks to disembark rescued migrants

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Migrants wait to disembark from an Italian Coast Guard vessell &quot;Diciotti&quot; as it docks at the Sicilian port of Catania, southern Italy, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The vessel docked in Catania with 932 migrants aboard in a sign that Italy under the populist 5-Star Movement and anti-migrant League is still accepting some migrants, but is forcing other countries to share the burden. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)

Migrant aid ship on way to Spain as Italy draws deeper line

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Leader of the League party, Matteo Salvini, right, and Luigi Di Maio, leader of the Five-Star movement, during the swearing-in ceremony for Italy's new government at Rome's Quirinale Presidential Palace, Friday, June 1, 2018. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)

New Italian gov’t vows to create jobs, deport migrants

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press