Cabinet Conte II

Cabinet Conte II
	66th Cabinet of the Italian Republic
President of the Council of Ministers	Giuseppe Conte
choice	2018
Legislative period	18th
Appointed by	President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella
education	5th September 2019
Duration	1 year and 143 days
predecessor	Cabinet Conte I
composition
Party (s)	MoVimento 5 Stelle , ; Partito Democratico , ; Liberi e Uguali ; Italia Viva ; MAIE
minister	22nd
State Secretaries	43
representation
Chamber of Deputies	324/630
Senate of the Republic	158/320

The Conte II cabinet has formed the government of Italy since September 5, 2019 . It is supported by the populist Movimento 5 Stelle as well as the social democratic Partito Democratico , Liberi e Uguali , Italia Viva and the Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero and is headed by Giuseppe Conte , who had already led the previous government , albeit with other coalition partners .

Italia Viva left the coalition on January 13, 2021, which resulted in Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stepping down from office on January 26, 2021.

Government parties and supporters

The government was formed from the following parties.

	Party chairperson	Political orientation	European party / group
Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) five-star movement	Luigi Di Maio	Populism, moderate EU skepticism, anti-corruption, e-democracy, ecology, stunted growth	- / G / EFA and non-attached
Partito Democratico (PD) Democratic Party	Nicola Zingaretti	Social democracy, progressivism, left-wing liberalism, pro-European politics, Christian social teaching	SPE / S&D
Liberi e Uguali (LeU) the free and equal	Pietro Grasso	Social democracy, democratic socialism, ecology	- / -
Italia Viva (IV) Lively Italy Coalition partner until January 13, 2021	Matteo Renzi	Liberalism, social liberalism, pro-European politics	- / RE
Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero (MAIE) United movement of Italians abroad	Ricardo Merlo	Centrism, representation of interests of the Italians abroad	- / -

background

Conte II cabinet with President Mattarella on September 5, 2019 in the Quirinal Palace

The then Interior Minister Salvini took a negative vote by the five-star movement in the Senate against the Turin-Lyon railway project on August 7, 2019 as an opportunity to declare the break with the previous government coalition ( Cabinet Conte I ). On August 9, 2019, the Lega submitted a motion of no confidence. Conte himself stated in his speech to the Senate on August 20 that he had submitted his resignation. President Mattarella accepted the resignation, but asked Conte at the same time to run the office until a new government was formed.

Government formation

On August 21, Mattarella met with the parties in the Italian Parliament .

On the same day, coalition negotiations began between the leadership of the Democratic Party (PD) and the Five Star Movement, which resulted in a second round of negotiations on August 27 and 28, and finally in a substantive agreement with Liberi e Uguali , which has since been included . Subsequently, on the 29th, Conte was officially commissioned by President Mattarella to form a new government.

In the following week, on September 4th, Conte finally announced the conclusion of the formation of the government, after 79.3 percent of the almost 80,000 votes cast for a coalition in a decisive member survey within the five-star movement on a party’s online portal the Democratic Party voted.

On September 5, the members of the government were sworn in by the oath of office . On September 9th, the government's Chamber of Deputies expressed confidence with 343 votes in favor, 263 against and 3 abstentions. The Senate did so the following day with 169 votes in favor, 133 against and 5 abstentions.

With the swearing-in of 10 deputy ministers and 32 undersecretaries on September 16, the formation of the government was completed. 6 deputy ministers and 15 undersecretaries were sworn in for the five-star movement, 4 deputy ministers and 14 undersecretaries for the Democratic Party, 2 undersecretaries for Liberi e Uguali and 1 undersecretary for the Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero.

cabinet

President of the Council of Ministers

Office or department	picture	Surname	Political party
President of the Council of Ministers		Giuseppe Conte		independent

Secretary of the Council of Ministers

Office or department	picture	Surname	Political party
Secretary of the Council of Ministers		Riccardo Fraccaro		M5S

minister

Office or department	Surname
Foreign and international cooperation	Luigi Di Maio	M5S
Interior	Luciana Lamorgese	non-party ( at the suggestion of the PD )
Judiciary	Alfonso Bonafede	M5S
defense	Lorenzo Guerini	PD
Economy and finance	Roberto Gualtieri	PD
Economic development	Stefano Patuanelli	M5S
Agriculture, Food and Forestry	Teresa Bellanova until January 13, 2021	IV (until September 18, 2019: PD)
Agriculture, Food and Forestry	Giuseppe Conte (executive) from January 14, 2021	independent
Environment, landscape and marine protection	Sergio Costa	independent ( at the suggestion of the M5S )
Infrastructure and traffic	Paola De Micheli	PD
Labor and Social Policy	Nunzia Catalfo	M5S
Classes until January 10, 2020 Classes, Universities and Research	Lorenzo Fioramonti until December 30, 2019	M5S
	Lucia Azzolina since January 10, 2020	M5S
Universities and research until January 10, 2020 Classes, universities and research	Lorenzo Fioramonti until December 30, 2019	M5S
	Gaetano Manfredi since January 10, 2020	independent
Cultural assets, cultural activities and tourism	Dario Franceschini	PD
health	Roberto Speranza	LeU

Minister of State

Office or department	Surname
Relations with parliament	Federico D'Incà	M5S
Technological innovation and digitization	Paola Pisano	M5S
Public administration	Fabiana Dadone	M5S
Regional affairs and autonomy	Francesco Boccia	PD
Southern Italy and Territorial Cohesion	Giuseppe Provenzano	PD
Youth and sport	Vincenzo Spadafora	M5S
Equal opportunity and family	Elena Bonetti until January 13, 2021	IV (until September 18, 2019: PD)
European affairs	Vincenzo Amendola	PD

Changes

After Matteo Renzi left the Democratic Party and the announcement that a new party would be called Italia Viva , 41 parliamentarians, 26 MPs and 15 senators, most of them from the Democratic Party, joined Italia on September 18, 2019 Viva on. With the Agriculture Minister Teresa Bellanova, the Family Minister Elena Bonetti and the Undersecretary in the Foreign Ministry Ivan Scalfarotto , three members of the government from the Conte II cabinet of the Democratic Party switched to Italia Viva. Renzi announced that he would continue to support the government.

Education Minister Fioramonti submitted his resignation on December 25, 2019 after the budget for 2020 was not approved in the amount of 3 billion euros he had requested for educational tasks. As a result of the resignation, the government decided to split the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research into the two ministries of Education and Universities and Research. The new Minister of Education, Conte, appointed Lucia Azzolina from the Five Star Movement, who was under Fioramonti as Undersecretary of State . The non-party rector of the University of Naples Federico II Gaetano Manfredi has been appointed as the new Minister for Universities and Research . On December 30th, President Mattarella Finamonti said goodbye and entrusted Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with the office ad interim until the new ministers were sworn in.

On January 13, 2021, Matteo Renzi announced the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture Teresa Bellanova, the Minister for Family Affairs Elena Bonetti and the Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Ministry Ivan Scalfarotto. This was preceded by weeks of discussions, particularly about Conte's management style.

On January 18, 2021, the Chamber of Deputies, in which the governing coalition held a majority even without the votes from Italia Viva, expressed its confidence in the Conte government . On January 19, the Senate also spoke with 156 votes, the absolute majority was 161 votes, and the government expressed its confidence. As the day before in the Chamber of Deputies, the parliamentarians of the party founded by Renzi abstained from voting in the Senate. This shifted the simple majority in favor of the governing coalition. The coalition received support from the votes of some defectors from Forza Italia led by Silvio Berlusconi , some non-aligned senators, such as the senators of the South Tyrolean People's Party and some non-party senators appointed for life. A government reshuffle was therefore not necessary.

On January 26, 2021, Prime Minister Conte returned the government contract to President Mattarella. Previously, all attempts by Contes to put the governing coalition back on a broader footing and to achieve an absolute majority of 161 seats in the Senate had failed. Mattarella asked Conte to continue the official business until a successor government was formed.

Web links

Commons : Cabinet Conte II - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Crisi di governo, Conte mezz'ora al Colle per le dimissioni e spera nel 'ter'. La regia passa a Mattarella. Nasce gruppo Responsabili al Senato . In: La Repubblica , January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
↑ zeit.de August 9, 2019 / Ulrich Ladurner : Matteo Salvini can hardly be stopped
↑ spiegel.de August 20, 2019: Italy's President Mattarella approves Conte's resignation
↑ New Italy government without him: Salvini gambled away mightily. In: Focus Online. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .
^ Coalition Poker in Rome: Decision Day: How Italy Could Solve the Government Crisis. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .
^ Matthias Rüb: Government formation in Italy: Contes new modesty. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .
↑ Tobias Piller: Italy's new government is in place: Fewer non-party experts and a top civil servant. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .
↑ Five Star Movement votes for coalition in Italy. In: Mercury. September 3, 2019, accessed September 6, 2019 .
↑ Five Star Movement and PD: New Italian Government sworn in. In: Spiegel Online. September 5, 2019, accessed September 6, 2019 .
↑ Members of Parliament express their confidence in Conte. In: Spiegel Online. September 9, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 .
↑ Senate gives Conte government its confidence. In: Spiegel Online. September 10, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 .
↑ Governo Conte bis, arrivano le nomine: 42 sottosegretari di cui 10 viceministri. In: rainews.it. September 13, 2019, accessed September 18, 2019 (Italian).
↑ The power struggle between Conte and Renzi moves Italy. In: Lippische Landes-Zeitung . January 14, 2021, accessed January 15, 2021 .
↑ Italia Viva, aderiscono 41 parliamentari: ecco la lista. In: rainews.it. September 18, 2019, accessed September 23, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Il ministro dell'Istruzione Fioramonti ha dato le dimissioni, si fa avanti Morra. In: corriere.it. December 25, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Lucia Azzolina, chi è la preside nominata ministra al posto di Fioramonti. In: corriere.it. December 27, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Gaetano Manfredi, nuovo ministro dell'Università: "La ricerca non può essere la Cenerentola del Paese". In: corriere.it. December 28, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Istruzione, Mattarella accetta le dimissioni di Fioramonti e Affida l'interim del dicastero a Conte. In: repubblica.it. December 30, 2019, accessed January 4, 2020 (Italian).
↑ Annalisa Cuzzocrea, Emanuele Lauria, Concetto Vecchio, Giovanna Vitale: Renzi annuncia le dimissioni degli esponenti di Iv dal governo: “Crisi aperta da mesi, non da noi”. Mattarella vede Conte. In: repubblica.it. January 13, 2021, accessed January 13, 2021 (Italian).
↑ Government crisis - Italy's Prime Minister Conte wins a vote of confidence. In: srf.ch . January 18, 2021, accessed January 19, 2021 .
↑ Jörg Seisselberg: Government crisis in Italy: Day of truth for Conte. In: tagesschau.de . January 19, 2021, accessed January 19, 2021 .
↑ Italy's head of government: Conte wins vote of confidence in the Senate. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . January 19, 2021, accessed January 20, 2021 .
↑ Stefano Cappellini, Tommaso Ciriaco, Annalisa Cuzzocrea, Emanuele Lauria, Carmelo Lopapa, Laura Mari, Monica Rubino, Concetto Vecchio, Giovanna Vitale: Governo, sì del Senato alla fiducia con 156 voti. Ma scoppia il caso Ciampolillo. Sì dei forzisti Rossi e Causin. Meloni e Salvini: “Ci rivolgeremo al Colle”. Conte: “Cercheremo maggioranza più forte”. January 19, 2021, accessed January 20, 2021 (Italian).
↑ Stefano Cappellini et. al .: Conte si è dimesso: mezz'ora di colloquio con Mattarella e spera nel 'ter'. Da domani le consultazioni. Nasce gruppo Responsabili al Senato. In: repubblica.it. January 26, 2021, accessed January 26, 2021 (Italian).

[1] Crisi di governo, Conte mezz'ora al Colle per le dimissioni e spera nel 'ter'. La regia passa a Mattarella. Nasce gruppo Responsabili al Senato . In: La Repubblica , January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[2] zeit.de August 9, 2019 / Ulrich Ladurner : Matteo Salvini can hardly be stopped

[3] spiegel.de August 20, 2019: Italy's President Mattarella approves Conte's resignation

[4] New Italy government without him: Salvini gambled away mightily. In: Focus Online. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .

[5] Coalition Poker in Rome: Decision Day: How Italy Could Solve the Government Crisis. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .

[6] Matthias Rüb: Government formation in Italy: Contes new modesty. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .

[7] Tobias Piller: Italy's new government is in place: Fewer non-party experts and a top civil servant. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .

[8] Five Star Movement votes for coalition in Italy. In: Mercury. September 3, 2019, accessed September 6, 2019 .

[9] Five Star Movement and PD: New Italian Government sworn in. In: Spiegel Online. September 5, 2019, accessed September 6, 2019 .

[10] Members of Parliament express their confidence in Conte. In: Spiegel Online. September 9, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 .

[11] Senate gives Conte government its confidence. In: Spiegel Online. September 10, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 .

[12] Governo Conte bis, arrivano le nomine: 42 sottosegretari di cui 10 viceministri. In: rainews.it. September 13, 2019, accessed September 18, 2019 (Italian).

[13] The power struggle between Conte and Renzi moves Italy. In: Lippische Landes-Zeitung . January 14, 2021, accessed January 15, 2021 .

[14] Italia Viva, aderiscono 41 parliamentari: ecco la lista. In: rainews.it. September 18, 2019, accessed September 23, 2019 (Italian).

[15] Il ministro dell'Istruzione Fioramonti ha dato le dimissioni, si fa avanti Morra. In: corriere.it. December 25, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 (Italian).

[16] Lucia Azzolina, chi è la preside nominata ministra al posto di Fioramonti. In: corriere.it. December 27, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 (Italian).

[17] Gaetano Manfredi, nuovo ministro dell'Università: "La ricerca non può essere la Cenerentola del Paese". In: corriere.it. December 28, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 (Italian).

[18] Istruzione, Mattarella accetta le dimissioni di Fioramonti e Affida l'interim del dicastero a Conte. In: repubblica.it. December 30, 2019, accessed January 4, 2020 (Italian).

[19] Annalisa Cuzzocrea, Emanuele Lauria, Concetto Vecchio, Giovanna Vitale: Renzi annuncia le dimissioni degli esponenti di Iv dal governo: “Crisi aperta da mesi, non da noi”. Mattarella vede Conte. In: repubblica.it. January 13, 2021, accessed January 13, 2021 (Italian).

[20] Government crisis - Italy's Prime Minister Conte wins a vote of confidence. In: srf.ch . January 18, 2021, accessed January 19, 2021 .

[21] Jörg Seisselberg: Government crisis in Italy: Day of truth for Conte. In: tagesschau.de . January 19, 2021, accessed January 19, 2021 .

[22] Italy's head of government: Conte wins vote of confidence in the Senate. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . January 19, 2021, accessed January 20, 2021 .

[23] Stefano Cappellini, Tommaso Ciriaco, Annalisa Cuzzocrea, Emanuele Lauria, Carmelo Lopapa, Laura Mari, Monica Rubino, Concetto Vecchio, Giovanna Vitale: Governo, sì del Senato alla fiducia con 156 voti. Ma scoppia il caso Ciampolillo. Sì dei forzisti Rossi e Causin. Meloni e Salvini: “Ci rivolgeremo al Colle”. Conte: “Cercheremo maggioranza più forte”. January 19, 2021, accessed January 20, 2021 (Italian).

[24] Stefano Cappellini et. al .: Conte si è dimesso: mezz'ora di colloquio con Mattarella e spera nel 'ter'. Da domani le consultazioni. Nasce gruppo Responsabili al Senato. In: repubblica.it. January 26, 2021, accessed January 26, 2021 (Italian).