Liga, Forza Italia and Cinco Estrellas refuse to vote on the motion of confidence for Mario Draghi

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The 5 Star Movement, Forza Italia and Liga have refused in the Senate to participate in the vote on the motion of confidence in the Government of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, which means that they do not support reviving the coalition.

The three formations have left the hemicycle to avoid the vote on the continuity of a

.

But they have done it for different reasons.

The right-wing parties, because they do not want to continue in an Executive with Five Stars.

The left-wing populists, because they have already distanced themselves from Draghi by precipitating this political crisis.

"I don't want full powers. You decide."

The Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, made clear this Wednesday before the Senate his conditions to continue leading the Executive and leave behind the political crisis that has torn the country apart through "

.

It was his attempt to exhaust the legislature, which ends in March 2023.

The country tries to overcome the crisis opened last week by the 5 Star Movement, by expressing its disagreement with several points of an important decree law proposed by Draghi.

Last Thursday he presented his resignation to the president,

, who rejected it outright and summoned him to resolve the differences in parliament to see if he still has the majority support of Congress.

Thus, in this Wednesday's session in the Senate to vote on the motion of confidence, Draghi has urged the parties to decide whether to confirm their support for the

with which he headed the Government in February 2021. The Prime Minister He has listened to the arguments of the political formations, to give his reply in the afternoon.

In his long speech, the former president of the European Central Bank has shown openness, although setting out his own conditions: a new confidence pact in the Government on the economic and energy emergency, tax reform, and the purchasing power of families and companies.

Draghi appealed to parties in his broad coalition, which includes from the right to the left, about his future in office.

he asked them.

"The only way forward if we want to stay together is to rebuild a (government) pact with courage, selflessness and credibility," he insisted.

The demand of the right

The right-wing of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Forza Italia, and the far-right League of populist Matteo Salvini expressed themselves in favor of this "new pact" in support of a government led by Draghi, but

.

"The center-right parties are in favor of a 'new pact' of government and are going to contribute to the solution of the country's problems, but only with a new Executive, profoundly renewed, also led by Mario Draghi and without the 5-Star Movement. ", they exposed in an official note during the debate.

For its part, Cinco Estrellas clarified that it would not give Draghi its vote of confidence.

But the Democratic Party, the main left formation, led by Enrico Letta, still did not give up and reiterated its full support.

"This is a grotesque and absurd crisis sought by Giuseppe Conte and the Five Star Movement," said the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi, during his speech.

Internal and external challenges

The Italian Prime Minister listed the internal challenges (including economic recovery, combating inflation, and job creation) and external ones (energy independence and the war in Ukraine) that Italy and the European Union are facing , which he has said "require a truly strong and united government and a Parliament that accompanies it with conviction".

The polls do support the prime minister

: the majority of Italians want him to stay in office.

This would be, along with the numerous political pressures that he has received in recent days, one of the reasons why he has backed down and did not confirm his resignation.

"The support that I have seen in the country, the mobilization these days of citizens, associations, territories in favor of the continuity of the Government is unprecedented and cannot be ignored. It is what has encouraged me to once again propose a pact of coalition and submit it to your vote. You are the ones who decide", maintained Draghi in his turn to reply.

The prime minister must appear tomorrow, Thursday, before the Chamber of Deputies.

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