The 5 -star movement, a member of the ruling coalition, decided to boycott a vote of confidence on a text discussed in the Senate, which caused the announcement of the resignation.
Le Monde
The president of the Italian council, Mario Draghi, announced, Thursday, July 14, his resignation, stressing in a press release that the conditions were no longer met for the execution of his functions after the decision of the 5 -star movement (M5S ), member of the ruling coalition, to boycott a vote of confidence on a text discussed in the Senate.
“I want to tell you that, this evening, I will give my resignation to the President of the Republic”, Sergio Mattarella, said Draghi, according to remarks reported in a statement from his services.
Wednesday evening, the president of the M5S, Giuseppe Conte, had announced that the senators of his party had not participated in the vote of trust requested by the executive on a decree-law containing measures of around 23 billion of ‘euros to help families and businesses in the face of inflation.
m. Draghi, who met immediately after this vote with Mr. Mattarella, whose role is crucial in the event of a political crisis, had a majority to govern even without the “5 stars”. But the former president of the European Central Bank had repeatedly said that there would be no government without them.
He had arrived at business at the beginning of 2021 to constitute a coalition of “national unity” capable of overcoming the pandemic emergency and the economic crisis which enlisted. However, without the support of the M5S, he considers that his government becomes “political” and believes that he has not been mandated to drive a cabinet of this nature.