Premier Giuseppe Conte's government remains on the brink of crisis even though his cabinet on Tuesday approved its Recovery Plan, which had been a source of tension within the executive for weeks.
Ex-premier Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva (IV) party is close to pulling its support for the coalition government and triggering the crisis.
IV's two cabinet members, Agriculture Minister Teresa Bellanova and Family and Equal Opportunities Minister Elena Bonetti, abstained when cabinet voted on the plan on how to spend the over 200 billion euros Italy is set to get from the EU's COVID-19 Recovery Fund.
Renzi is set to give a press conference later on Wednesday.
Renzi had blasted the Recovery Plan as lacking ambition.
IV has also complained about the government's failure to take cash from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to invest in the national health system, which has been pushed to the limit by the coronavirus emergency.
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