Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced his resignation on Thursday after the populist 5 Star Movement party refused to participate in a government coalition.
Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to influence events and political alignment around the world. In Italy, the government has collapsed amid disputes over support for Ukraine in the war within the country’s main political force.
Loss of popularity
The Italian government, led by former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi, who recently visited Ukraine, after working for less than a year and a half, is on the brink of collapse due to the loss of popularity of the Five Star movement . .
The movement refused to participate in voting on a major bill introduced by the government to increase social spending.
In the last 2018 election, the Five Stars formed the largest faction in both houses of parliament, but recently the movement’s rating dropped to 11% – half of the leading Brothers of Italy and Democratic Party.
Therefore, Italian analysts say a large faction within the Five Stars is pushing the leader, ex-premier Giuseppe Conte, to leave the government: they believe the opposition will start gaining points again.
Three weeks ago, former movement leader and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio left Five Stars, accusing Giuseppe Conte and his supporters of sabotaging aid to Ukraine for the sake of ratings.
The Italian government promised arms to Ukraine, and initially Giuseppe Conte supported this idea, but then became more and more in favor of negotiations with Russia.
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What was Conte thinking?
Has the president fixed it?
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has refused to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Draghi. The prime minister arrived at the Quirinal Palace, the residence of the President of Italy, to present his resignation.
“The President of the Republic did not accept the resignation and invited the President of the Rada to go to Parliament for discussion to assess the situation that arose as a result of the session held today in the Senate of the Republic,” Matarella said in a statement. said the service.
According to Italian TV channel Rai, the aforementioned parliamentary session will take place next Wednesday (July 20), where Draghi will report on the “political situation”.
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Draghi went to the president, but he did not let him resign
However, the probability of the government collapsing is very high.
Two parties in the government’s motley coalition (there are five in total), the right-wing populist League and the center-left Democratic Party, said snap elections were the most likely result of a disagreement with the government, which could take place early. as of September.
Also, the president could try to persuade Draghi to conduct a formal vote of no confidence in the government in parliament, or he could appoint a new interim prime minister who will work until the next election next year.
Source: korrespondent
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