Italy : Tensions in the coalition reach breaking point

It had been lurking in the background for several months: the crisis of the Italian government finally broke out. A little more than a year after its in vestiture , the M5S-Lega coalition is about to br eak up, after incessant conflicts on many different issues. The leader of the Lega Matteo Salvini said yesterday that he wants to break his alliance with Luigi di Maio and move towards new elections, bouncing the 10 Y spread to 235 bp. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wants to recall Parliament to "formalize" the conflict before going to present his resignation to the President of the Republic Mattarella, which should take place after August 15.