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Italy's Foreign Minister Di Maio quits 5-Star Movement

FILE PHOTO: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio arrives for a two day NATO foreign ministers meeting in Berlin, Germany May 14, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday he was leaving the 5-Star Movement to form a new parliamentary group backing the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

Di Maio's move comes after he accused 5-Star leader and former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of undermining government efforts to support Ukraine and weakening Rome's standing within the European Union.

"Today's is a difficult decision I never imagined I would have to take ... but today me and lots of other colleagues and friends are leaving the 5-Star Movement," Di Maio, himself a former 5-Star leader, told a news conference.

(Reporting by Angelo Amante, editing by Gavin Jones)

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