Reuters reports that according to the La Repubblica newspaper, Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is close to resigning to then later form a new government that can count on a wider majority.

“My aim is to find an agreement that gives a clear political perspective to the government until the end of the term”, Conte said.

After surviving a vote in the Senate on Tuesday, Conte appealed to centrist and unaligned Senate lawmakers outside the coalition to join his minority government’s ranks but few have responded.