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Resignation of Mario Draghi: "There is a fear of a domino effect in Europe"

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Italian Council President Mario Draghi during a press conference in Rome, July 12, 2022. AP - Mauro Scrobogna

By: Florent Guignard Follow

The President of the Italian Council Mario Draghi tendered his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday, the day after the breakup of his government coalition in the run-up to the elections scheduled for 2023. The light of Ludmila Acone, historian specializing in Contemporary Italy and associate researcher at the University of Paris 1.

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The European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, deemed the defecting parties " 

 ", while Brussels and its European partners pressed for Mario Draghi to remain in office. 

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