First Conte government

First Conte government

65th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)
Date dissolved5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) (462 days)
People and organisations
Head of stateSergio Mattarella
Head of governmentGiuseppe Conte
Deputy head of governmentLuigi Di Maio
Matteo Salvini
No. of ministers19 (incl. Prime Minister)
Ministers removed1 resigned
Total no. of members20 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member partiesM5S, Lega
Status in legislatureCoalition (Majority)
Chamber of Deputies
348 / 630 (55%)
Senate
167 / 321 (52%)
Opposition partiesPD, FI, FdI, LeU
History
Election2018 election
Legislature termXVIII Legislature (2018–2022)
Incoming formation2018 government formation
PredecessorGentiloni government
SuccessorSecond Conte government

The first Conte government was the 65th government of the Italian Republic.[1] It was led by Giuseppe Conte, an independent, and it was in office from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019.

The cabinet was formed by a coalition between the Five Star Movement and the League, but it also contained some independents proposed by each party (including the Prime Minister). It was referred to as the "government of change" (Italian: governo del cambiamento) after the name of the political agreement signed by the two parties,[2][3] or the "yellow-green government" (governo gialloverde), based on their customary colours,[4] even if the League originally preferred "yellow-blue government" (governo gialloblu), due to its new campaign colour under Salvini's leadership.[5]

The government has often been described as "populist" (the first of that kind in Europe according to several sources)[6][7] and its policies (and more specifically those of the League) have been described by Italian newspapers as "souverainist".[8][9][10][11]

  1. ^ Borghese, Livia; Vonberg, Judith (1 June 2018). "New prime minister sworn in to lead populist Italian government". CNN. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Italy: Conte to lead 'government of change'". ANSAmed. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ "M5S and League agree contract for Italy's 'government of change'". The Local. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ^ "IItaly's New Government Is Steve Bannon's Dream Come True". Newsweek. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Il governo è giallo-blu (non giallo-verde) e 'legastellato'. Ora è ufficiale". Agi.
  6. ^ "Di Maio-Salvini: "governo populista che scuote la vecchia Europa". Si teme per l'economia". Il Sole 24 ORE.
  7. ^ "Il governo populista M5S -Lega non convince i media stranieri". www.iltempo.it.
  8. ^ "La Lega sovranista di Salvini non è quella federalista e liberista di Miglio". Il Foglio. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Il matrimonio inevitabile tra sovranismo e statalismo". Il Sole 24 ORE.
  10. ^ "Estate sovranista di Salvini e Di Maio, il nuovo potere che abbraccia il vecchio". l'Espresso. 8 August 2018.
  11. ^ "La verità su Salvini". ilGiornale.it.