Just sworn in as head of a coalition government formed by the 5-star Movement claiming to be anti-system and the pro-European centre-left of the Partito Democratico, Italian Council President Giuseppe Conte proposed a kind of "pragmatic compromise" to Europe on Wednesday 11 September in Brussels, which would move on from the previous anti-European position of the first "Conte" government led by the far right.
"I would like to establish a pact with Europe. What lies before us is a set of...