Italian Prime Minister Resigns

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy will step down from his post on Tuesday, his office said on Monday evening, likely triggering the fall of Italy’s teetering administration and diving the nation deeper into political chaos as it faces a still-spiraling coronavius epidemic and a halting vaccine rollout.

“Mr. Conte will go see the President, Sergio Mattarella,” following a cabinet meeting tomorrow morning, the prime minister’s office said in a statement, adding that the purpose of the visit would be “to tender his resignation.”