Former Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte has been elected as the new leader of the populist Five Star Movement (M5S), news wires reported. Over 62,000, or 92.8% of voters, cast their online ballots to approve Conte's nomination as leader, spokesperson Vito Crimi said in a Friday statement. Some 115,000 people were eligible to cast their ballot on new online platform Skyvote on Thursday and Friday.

Italy’s former PM Giuseppe Conte won a key legal battle related to the leadership of the ruling 5-Star Movement, Reuters reported. The movement has been torn by internal rows. However Conte's win paves the way for decisive revival of the party. Conte agreed to take the reins of 5-Star after his coalition government was sacked in February, but his plans to relaunch the struggling group have been delayed by a bitter dispute with the firm that provided its internet platform.

Some 45% of Italian voters want Giuseppe Conte to stay on as prime minister, an opinion poll suggested on Thursday, after his resignation deepened the country's political crisis, news wires reported.

Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday, the president's office announced. Conte, who left the presidential palace about 30 minutes after entering, is expected to seek a mandate from the head of state to form a new executive with a broader coalition, ANSA reported.

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte will hand in his resignation to the head of state on Tuesday after a morning cabinet meeting to inform his ministers, Conte’s office said. The prime minister, who has been in office since June 2018, hopes President Sergio Mattarella will give him a mandate to form a new government with broader backing in parliament, senior government sources said on Monday.

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte survived a crucial Senate confidence vote on Tuesday night, but his coalition government was left weakened after it failed to secure an overall majority, news wires reported. The premier won by 156 votes to 140 in the Senate, the upper chamber, but fell short of the absolute majority of 161.

Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte has won a crucial confidence vote in Parliament’s lower house on Monday, facing a tougher Senate test on Tuesday, news wires reported.

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte's political future is at stake as he faces a vote of confidence in the larger chamber of parliament on Monday, following a breakdown of government alliances. If he survives the vote in the Chamber of Deputies, the next hurdle awaits him on Tuesday: another vote in the Senate, the smaller chamber. The 56-year-old needs the approval of both chambers to pass the vote. If he fails, his administration could be forced out of office,dpa noted.

Italy’s government on early Wednesday morning gave the green light of the controversial Recovery Plan for the coronavirus, financed with European funds, although the country has not completely avoided the political crisis, news wires reported.

Italia Viva (IV) leader Matteo Renzi on Monday warned PM Giuseppe Conte against trying to end tension within the coalition supporting his government via a showdown in a parliamentary vote, ANSA reported. Ex-premier Renzi has repeatedly threatened to pull his centrist party out of the governing alliance due to disagreements about how the executive intends to spend €209bn Italy will get in grants and low-interest loans from the EU Recovery Fund.