Italy: after a too weak vote of confidence, Mario Draghi should leave power

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi listens to a member of the Senate before a vote of confidence for the government after he submitted his resignation last week, in Rome, Italy, July 20, 2022. REUTERS - GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE

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“A great day of madness in Italy”.

It could be the title of a movie.

In reality, this sentence sums up the dramatic end of Mario Draghi's government of national unity.

The Prime Minister won the confidence of the Senate, but with too few votes.

He will submit his irrevocable resignation to the Head of State.

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From our correspondent in Rome, 

Mario Draghi will go to the Quirinal Palace on Thursday July 21 to inform the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, of his decision to throw in the towel definitively. 

And for good reason: he found in the Senate that it is impossible to recompose the same majority as that born under his leadership in February 2021. Three parties of his majority, La Ligue, Forza Italia and the 5-star Movement, did not participate. to this vote of confidence: 95 votes yes and 38 no out of 133 parliamentarians present, while the Senate has 315 elected members and 5 senators appointed for life. 

Analysis by Lynda Dematteo, researcher at EHESS and specialist in Italy

Daniel Vallot

Out of respect for the institutions, he will speak Thursday morning before the Chamber of Deputies, as planned.

Then, we will have to wait for the end of his interview with Sergio Mattarella to have an idea of ​​the orientations of the Head of State, whose role will be decisive, as in any crisis of government.

According to major dailies, such as

and

, Italians will not escape early elections which could be held at the beginning of October.

The European Commissioner for the Economy denounces "the irresponsible" who let Draghi go

The European Commissioner for the Economy, the Italian Paolo Gentiloni, deemed “ 

 ” the parties of the national unity coalition in Italy which let go of the head of government Mario Draghi at the risk of “ 

 ”.

“ 

 ,” he wrote on his Twitter account.

#24luglio.

Il balletto degli irresponsabili contro Draghi può provocare una tempesta perfetta.

Ora è il tempo di vol bene all'Italia: ci aspettano mesi difficili ma siamo un grande Paese.

— Paolo Gentiloni (@PaoloGentiloni) July 20, 2022

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