The Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghihas presented, for the second time, his resignation, after losing the parliamentary majority that supported him. Draghi will come shortly to communicate his resignation to the Head of State, Sergio Mattarellawho is expected to call early elections, although he could also be tasked with seeking another majority to exhaust the legislature or assign that mission to another technical or institutional figure.
The Draghi’s decision arrives after three partners of his government coalitionthe conservative Forza Italia (FI) by Silvio Berlusconi, the Far Right League of Matteo Salvini and the populist 5 Star Movement (M5S) of Giuseppe Conte, withdraw their support in a confidence motion this Wednesday in the Senate.
Today’s Thursday session at the Chamber of Deputies will close the parliamentary process initiated in the Senate at the request of Mattarella, who last Thursday rejected Draghi’s first resignation for the abandonment of one of his partners, the 5 Star Movement (M5S), and ordered him to go to Parliament to try to rebuild the government coalition.
a failed mission
The prime minister went to the Senate to try rebuild the coalition of national unity who supported him, but ended up losing the support of three members of his government, the populist M5S, the conservative Forza Italia (FI) of Silvio Berlusconi and the far-right League of Matteo Salvini.
The economist He has led a coalition of national unity since February 2021 in which almost all the parties in the hemicycle were, except Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy ultras. Last week the crisis broke out in his coalition after the M5S did not vote on a confidence motion, distancing himself from the rest of his partners, which pushed Draghi to present his resignation.
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However, the president Mattarella He rejected his resignation and summoned him to seek a solution in Parliament, although it is an impossible mission due to the confrontation between the M5S and the right. Berlusconi Y Salvini They welcome the call for early elections, which could be held in early October and which is the option that their electoral partner and ultra leader Meloni has been demanding for days, alone in the opposition and the country’s leading force according to most polls. .
In recent days, unions, employers, numerous associations of all kinds and even the Catholic Church had encouraged the continuation of Draghi due to the ongoing economic, energy and social crisis.