"Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, left, sits beside Deputy-Premier Luigi Di Maio at the Senate in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. Conte blasted the League's leader and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for his decision to spark a government crisis that risk triggering ""a spiral of political and financial instability."" Conte addressed the Senate on Tuesday in a much-awaited speech after Salvini's far-right League two weeks ago landed a no-confidence vote against Conte's government pushing it on the verge of collapse. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)"