Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte insisted on Tuesday that he was not "a puppet" of his deputies, as he responded to a barrage of criticism from leading EU politicians.
Following his first ever address in the European Parliament, MEPs piled criticism on the Italian leader, reflecting current tensions between Rome and Brussels over eurozone budget rules and immigration policy.
Guy Verhofstadt Source: AAP Image/ AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias
Italian Regional Affair Minister Erika Stefani announced that the country has to give greater autonomy to Veneto, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. Except the Five-star Movement and Matteo Salvini's League have slightly different opinion on this matter.
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