Conte Faces New Lockdown Criticism as Italy Set to Reopen
- Industry, coalition rivals attack premier’s crisis response
- Italy reports fewest virus deaths since lockdown began
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is facing a growing revolt by Italian business and political rivals against his strategy for ending a nationwide lockdown that’s being eased for the first time on Monday.
Criticism of Conte’s recovery plans and anger among small businesses left out of the first phase of easing are percolating after almost two months of restrictions that hammered an already recession-bound economy. Pressure to speed up reopening is likely to increase after new deaths and infections blamed on the virus fell to the lowest since the shutdown began on March 10.