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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Gavin Jones, Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte

Analysis-Policy gripes, desperation behind 5-Star ambush on Italy's Draghi

FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gestures as he holds a news conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 11, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Italy's government hangs in the balance, yet again. Despite war and economic turmoil destabilising the world, the culprit here is one this country has seen many times before: a political party struggling for its survival.

Since winning 33% of the vote at the last national election in 2018, the 5-Star Movement has been in three governments but haemorrhaged half of its lawmakers to rival groups and seen its popular support fall by around two thirds.

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