Italian PM threatens to quit over in-party fighting

ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on live television Monday he would resign unless the two parties in the coalition government set aside their differences and continue working on the government program. He was responding to increasing tensions between the right-wing League and the populist 5-Star Movement over a range of issues like taxes, security and a high-speed railway line to France.

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