Italian premier-designate quits over nixed anti-euro minister

 

Italian President Sergio Mattarella addresses a press conference after meeting with Italian prime minister-designate Giuseppe Conte in Rome, Italy, on May 27, 2018. Conte on Sunday remitted his mandate after Italian President Sergio Mattarella nixed his choice of euroskeptic economist Paolo Savona as finance minister. (Xinhua/Alberto Lingria)