Status: 07/21/2022 09:55 a.m
Another attempt to resign? Italy’s Prime Minister Draghi has an appointment with President Mattarella. Three governing parties had blocked the vote of confidence in Draghi.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi wants to talk to President Sergio Mattarella about his political intentions. He explained this to Parliament. Draghi is expected to announce his retirement.
Draghi won a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday, but his three main coalition partners – the Five Star Movement, the right-wing Lega and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia – abstained from voting and thus refused to support Draghi.
All three parties, in different ways, accused the head of government of paying too little attention to their political issues. As a result, Draghi’s attempt to secure a majority in the Senate to continue his government of national unity has failed.
“Draghi will hand in his next resignation”, Rüdiger Kronthaler, ARD Rome, on the government crisis in Italy
Morning magazine, July 21, 2022
“Fast Elections”
The head of the social democratic ruling party PD, Enrico Letta, says he is assuming there will be new elections: “Then the Italians can choose between those who have loyally supported this government and those who wanted to bury the government for party tactical reasons and have already started their election campaign to have.”
There must be new elections no later than 70 days after the dissolution of parliament, with October 2 being the most likely date.
Good prospects for right-wing candidate
According to the latest polls, a right-wing alliance made up of the post-fascist party, the Brothers of Italy, the Lega and Forza Italia, currently has the greatest chances of winning. The head of the Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, was confident last night: “It confirms what the Brothers of Italy said about the Draghi government from the start. That it cannot work in a parliamentary republic if everything and the opposite of governed everything together,” she said. “For us, the balance sheet of this government and this legislature is extremely bad.”
Meloni, a former member of a neo-fascist party, has been Italy’s most popular politician for months, behind Draghi. Meloni can hope to become Draghi’s successor in office.