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[[File:Conte Cabinet 2018.jpg|thumb|250px|The populist cabinet under Prime Minister Conte]]
[[File:Conte Cabinet 2018.jpg|thumb|250px|The populist cabinet under Prime Minister Conte]]
After the 2018 Italian elections, which saw populist and anti-establishment parties receive over 50% of the vote, the [[Five Star Movement]] and [[Lega Nord]], the latter led by [[Matteo Salvini]], formed a governing coalition. Other parties strongly opposed Salvini's conservative immigration policies, and the Italian Democratic Party called for [[open borders]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/24/italy-democrat-party-wants-borders-re-opened-as-price-of-replacing-salvini-party-in-coalition-govt/ Italy: Democrat Party Wants Borders Re-Opened as Price of Replacing Salvini Party in Coalition Govt]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 24, 2019.</ref>
After the 2018 Italian elections, which saw populist and anti-establishment parties receive over 50% of the vote, the [[Five Star Movement]] and [[Lega Nord]], the latter led by [[Matteo Salvini]], formed a governing coalition. Other parties strongly opposed Salvini's conservative immigration policies, and the Italian Democratic Party called for [[open borders]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/24/italy-democrat-party-wants-borders-re-opened-as-price-of-replacing-salvini-party-in-coalition-govt/ Italy: Democrat Party Wants Borders Re-Opened as Price of Replacing Salvini Party in Coalition Govt]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 24, 2019.</ref>
===Coronavirus===
In March of 2019, Italy entered into a new agreement with China, part of its “one belt, one road” initiative, a sweeping economic agreement with the country that saw the port of Triesta in northern Italy “revitalized” and managed by The PRC.
The project makes enormous infrastructure investments to move Chinese goods and resources. Italy became the first of the Group of 7 nations that once dominated the global economy to take part in China’s “One Belt One Road” throughout Asia, Africa and Europe.
The Trump administration, which tried and failed to stop the deal, focused in the days leading up to Mr. Xi’s visit on blocking any Italian use of 5G wireless networks developed by the Chinese electronics giant Huawei, which Washington warned could be used by Beijing to spy on communications networks.
Italy, which is saddled with crushing debt, hopes to lift its lagging economy by exporting goods to China and inviting more Chinese investment.
But opponents of the project in the Trump administration and in the European Union worry that Italy has turned itself into a Trojan Horse, allowing China’s economic — and potentially military and political — expansion to reach into the heart of Europe.<ref>[https://uncoverdc.com/2020/03/20/why-italy/ ''Why Italy?''. March 20, 2020].</ref>
==Government==
==Government==