Italy President Gives Conte Mandate to Form New Government

Giuseppe Conte speaks in Rome on Aug. 29.Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
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President Sergio Mattarella tapped Giuseppe Conte, Italy’s outgoing prime minister, to iron out the differences between the Five Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party and form a working coalition that can overcome the groups’ longstanding differences.