Reuters, ROMEItalian Minister of Education Lorenzo Fioramonti on Wednesday said that he had resigned after failing to obtain from the government the billions of euros that he said were needed to improve the country’s schools and universities. The resignation is a blow to the embattled government, whose ruling parties are at odds on issues ranging from eurozone reform to migrant rights. Fioramonti said that he had tendered his “irrevocable resignation” to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in a letter on Monday. “It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that a minister keeps his word,” Fioramonti said in an interview on Wednesday. Fioramonti said that he would still support the government in parliament, where he is a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
