PM Conte not neutral due to the backing of 5-Star Movement: Minister

League's loyalty to Italian coalition partner M5S is unreasonable and can't last forever, cabinet secretary Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Monday. "Faced with the 5Stars movement's reiterated attacks, (Italian Deputy Prime Minister and League leader Matteo) Salvini shows a loyalty (to his coalition partner) that is unreasonable... things cannot last forever," Giorgetti told daily La Stampa on Monday.

The cabinet secretary also said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is not neutral as his name was put forward by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement. Italy's ruling parties have been attacking each other for weeks during a bitter campaign in the run-up to this week's European elections.