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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, center, is hugged by Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio at the end of his address to the Senate as the League's Matteo Salvini sits at left, in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. Conte on Tuesday announced his resignation, blaming his decision to end his 14-month-old populist government on his rebellious and ambitious deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini. (Ettore Ferrari/ANSA via AP)