bild

epa10054883 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Giuseppe Conte (C) holds a press conference after meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi at the Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, 06 July 2022. The 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Giuseppe Conte said that the group was ready to continue to support the government after 'clear-the-air' talks with Premier Mario Draghi. But ex-premier Conte also said there needed to be 'discontinuity', calling for interventions to help workers and businesses via cuts to the labour-tax wedge. Tension has been high since Conte reacted furiously to recent reports, which Draghi denied, that the premier had asked for his predecessor's ouster as M5S chief. The friction has led to reports that the M5S could pull out of Draghi's broad coalition government of national unity. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI