Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi submits resignation to president Ends in one and a half years of coalition government


Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi submitted his resignation to President Mattarella today, on the 21st. The coalition government became dysfunctional and it was judged that the administration could not be operated. President Mattarella called on Draghi to lead the interim government.


The president will meet with the chairs of both Houses of Parliament in the afternoon today of the 21st. There is also information that he may dissolve the parliament and hold a general election in October.


Prime Minister Draghi announced his resignation last week after the ruling coalition's left-wing "Five Star Movement" refused to vote for confidence in price measures, saying "there is no longer a coalition of national units." President Mattarella was detained and requested an explanation in Congress.


Draghi, who spoke in the Senate the day before, said he was ready to stay as prime minister with the support of the ruling coalition and called on the coalition government to unite. However, after that, the three major coalition governments abstained from the Draghi Cabinet's confidence vote in the Senate, and the collapse of the government became a reality.


Mr. Draghi is a central banker who has served as the governor of the Italian Central Bank and the governor of the European Central Bank (ECB). rice field. As a non-elected prime minister, he led a coalition government of close-knit households for a year and a half.


Lorenzo Codogno, head of LC Macro Advisors at the Italian Treasury OB, said, "It's a big blow to Italy's short-term policy response and reform capabilities. Delays and confusion are expected in the dissolution general election, and budgeting is not expected within the year. ".


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