Facsimile 500-euro banknotes featuring a portrait of Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte are distributed by activists in front of Chigi Palace as a Council of Ministers is underway, in Rome, Italy, 26 January 2021. EFE/EPA/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI
Italian premier Giuseppe Conte (C) sits in the back of a car as he arrives to Quirinale Palace to offer his resignation to President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in Rome, Italy, 26 January 2021. EFE/EPA/ETTORE FERRARI
A handout photo made available by the Press Office of the Presidency of the Italian Republic shows Secretary General of the Presidency of the Italian Republic, Ugo Zampetti announcing the resignation of the President of the Council, Giuseppe Conte (not pictured), in Rome, Italy, 26 January 2021. EFE/EPA/FRANCESCO AMMENDOLA/PRESIDENCY OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC HANDOUT
Giuseppe Conte has handed in his resignation as prime minister of Italy in a tactical move that could see him asked to form another government.
President Sergio Mattarella will now begin a round of discussions with the main political party leaders in Italy to see who could form a functioning government.EFE-EPA
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