Neither Conte, who left by a palace back door, nor the presidential office immediately issued a statement. But Italian media quoted palace sources as saying Conte came to confer with Mattarella in "informal talks." Salvini, Di Maio and Conte huddled earlier in the day in Rome. Nervousness about what could be a government hostile to European Union insistence on fiscally sound measures has rattled the bond markets. On Thursday, Conte had met with some of the individual investors who lost their savings after several small banks failed.

Source: ABC News May 25, 2018 06:33 UTC