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Leader of The League party, Matteo Salvini, is cheered by supporters at a party's rally in Pontida, northern Italy, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Thousands of die-hard League voters from across northern Italy were gathering in a foothill Lombard town with long historical associations to nationalist movements as Matteo Salvini relaunches himself as Italy's opposition leader after a grave political miscalculation landed the party out of government. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italian hard-liner Salvini vows to return League to power

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, bottom center, talks with lawmakers during a confidence vote at the Lower Chamber in Rome, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. Conte is pitching for support in Parliament for his new left-leaning coalition ahead of crucial confidence votes. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Italian premier wins first confidence vote

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 26, 2019 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during his final press conference at the G7 summit in Biarritz, southwestern France. Both British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini found themselves in political corners this week, each in his own way having lost bets that their popularity would carry the day. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Johnson and Salvini: 2 soaring stars lose big political bets

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives at Chigi Palace to open the meeting of the cabinet, in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte forged a new coalition government Wednesday that teams up the populist 5-Star Movement and center-left Democrats in an unusual alliance of rivals to banish for now the specter of early election that likely could have seen the triumph of Italy's fast-rising right-wing forces. (Riccardo Antimiani/ANSA via AP)

Italy-EU honeymoon has just started, but needs to last

By GIADA ZAMPANO and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Ministers of the new Italian government pose for the official photo during a swearing-in ceremony at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte forged a new coalition government Wednesday that teams up the populist 5-Star Movement and center-left Democrats in an unusual alliance of rivals to banish for now the specter of early election that likely could have seen the triumph of Italy's fast-rising right-wing forces. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy’s new gov’t takes office, but how long will it last?

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte meets the media at Rome's Quirinale Presidential Palace, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. The Italian presidential palace says Premier Giuseppe Conte has formed a new government, a coalition of the populist 5-Star Movement and left-leaning Democrats that shuts out of power right-wing leader Matteo Salvini. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy’s Conte forms new coalition of populists and Democrats

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italy: 5-Stars’ activists OK deal for coalition of rivals

By GIADA ZAMPANO and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this Picture made available by the Mediterranea NGO, a group of migrants wear life vests during a rescue operation off the Libyan coasts, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Italian aid group Mediterranea Charity says a ship it operates has rescued about 100 migrants, including 8 pregnant women and 22 children, and is asking Italian authorities to provide a safe port for them. The Italian NGO tweeted that the rescue happened early on Wednesday, after the Mare Jonio spotted a rubber boat on its radar. (Mediterranean Rescue Via AP)

Italy’s 5-Star chief inflexible in dealing for new coalition

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

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All eyes on Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini after failed coup

By Eric J. Lyman Special to The Washington Times

Designate premier Giuseppe Conte leaves after a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella at Rome's Quirinale presidential palace, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Italy's president has given the recently resigned premier, Giuseppe Conte, a fresh mandate to see if he can cobble together a new government backed by the populist 5-Star Movement and center-left Democrats. (AP Photo/ Andrew Medichini)

Italy’s soft-spoken Conte raises his voice, wins new mandate

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, file photo, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, is flanked by Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini as he addresses the Senate in Rome. Italy's populist 5-Star Movement has asked, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, the nation's president to give caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte the mandate to form a new coalition government, a week after the one he led for 14 months collapsed. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Giuseppe Conte asked to seek new Italy gov’t aimed at foiling Matteo Salvini

By Colleen Barry and Giada Zampano - Associated Press

Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, talks at the phone inside a mobile phones shop in the center of Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. While Italians don't know if they'll soon have a new government, let alone who would lead it, U.S. President Donald Trump has cast his vote -- for caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte. A day after the two finished attending the G-7 summit in France, Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he hoped Conte would &quot;remain&quot; as premier. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

Italy’s Conte might be back at helm with Salvini shut out

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

The League party leader Matteo Salvini talks to the press after meeting Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. President Sergio Mattarella continued receiving political leaders Thursday, to explore if a solid majority with staying power exists in Parliament for a new government that could win the required confidence vote. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

While Italian pols fight, finance minister tries to reassure

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

The League party leader Matteo Salvini talks to the press after meeting Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. President Sergio Mattarella continued receiving political leaders Thursday, to explore if a solid majority with staying power exists in Parliament for a new government that could win the required confidence vote. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The Latest: Italy’s president gives parties more time

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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2019, file photo, Italian Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini kisses a rosary as Premier Giuseppe Conte addresses the Senate in Rome. For months now, Salvini, a divorced father of two children by two different women, has been kissing rosaries, invoking the Madonna and quoting St. John Paul II at political rallies in a bid to rally Italian Catholics behind his nationalist message. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Italian populist mixes religious symbols with his politics

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Democratic Party leader Nicola Zingaretti arrives at Quirinale palace for a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. President Sergio Mattarella continued receiving political leaders Thursday, to explore if a solid majority with staying power exists in Parliament for a new government that could win the required confidence vote. (Claudio Peri/ANSA via AP)

Italy’s president to pols: make solid deal or elections soon

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Italian Deputy-Premier and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, arrives for a meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Italy could see elections as early as this fall after Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned amid the collapse of the 14-month-old populist government. Matteo Salvini's right-wing League party sought a no-confidence vote against Conte earlier this month, a stunningly bold move for the government's junior coalition partner. (Angelo Carconi/ANSA via AP)

Italy’s Democrats seek to ward off early vote and Salvini

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 23, 2018 file photo, lawmakers attend the first session of parliament at the Lower Chamber to elect its president, in Rome. Italy’s Premier Giuseppe Conte will appear in the Senate on Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019 to deliver a much anticipated address about the political crisis that has erupted in the middle of the summer break. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

What to expect as Italy’s looks to a new government

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, looks at Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini as he addresses the Senate in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte blasted the League's leader and Interior minister Matteo Salvini for his decision to spark a government crisis that risks triggering &quot;a spiral of political and financial instability.&quot; Conte addressed the Senate on Tuesday in a much-awaited speech after Salvini's far-right League two weeks ago landed a no-confidence vote against Conte's government pushing it on the verge of collapse. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian premier’s resignation could bring elections in fall

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, looks at Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini as he addresses the Senate in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte blasted the League's leader and Interior minister Matteo Salvini for his decision to spark a government crisis that risks triggering &quot;a spiral of political and financial instability.&quot; Conte addressed the Senate on Tuesday in a much-awaited speech after Salvini's far-right League two weeks ago landed a no-confidence vote against Conte's government pushing it on the verge of collapse. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: League’s Salvini kisses crucifix as Conte speaks

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