Tired and Stumbling, Conte Struggles to Exit Italy Lockdown
- Premier’s slow approach comes under fire as economy falters
- Attacks are growing, even from within the ruling coalition
Giuseppe Conte appears on a television screen during a live broadcast, in Rome, on April 26.
Photographer: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, taken to task by critics for being slow to put Italy into a lockdown as the coronavirus outbreak struck, is now struggling to map a way out and restart the country’s crippled economy.