Status: 07/20/2022 8:40 p.m
Italy’s Prime Minister Draghi wins a vote of confidence in the Senate, but his coalition refuses to give him broad support. Now his resignation is again in the room.
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi clearly missed the broad approval he wanted in the vote of confidence in the Senate. The 74-year-old won the vote by 95 votes to 39, but three of his coalition partners, Lega, Forza Italia and the Five Star Movement, did not vote.
Draghi has failed to resolve the government crisis in Italy. It is likely that he could now again offer his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella. Mattarella had rejected an initial request for resignation last week.
In a first reaction, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio from the party Insieme per il futuro (Together for the Future) accused the politicians of failure. “The future of the Italians has been gambled on. The consequences of this tragic election will go down in history,” said Di Maio. “From tomorrow nothing will be the same as it was before,” said ex-Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. But today you have to thank Mario Draghi.
The latest Italian government crisis was triggered by the Five Star Movement last week. She had not taken part in a vote on an aid decree linked to a vote of confidence in Draghi. Draghi then announced his resignation to President Mattarella – which Mattarella refused.