Draghi announced his resignation

After the day of fire in the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies Mario Draghi has announced his intention to go up to Colle and resign in the hands of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, one week after the first stop of his executive. After a field day, which began with the speech of the Prime Minister at Palazzo Madama and continued with cross-party vetoes and motions to save the executive, the former president of the European Central Bank collected 95 votes in favor, not enough to assure the government, and 38 against, because many senators of Forza Italia and Lega left the classroom, while those of the 5 Star Movement, after the initial idea to go out, they decided to stay in the hemicycle and in so doing they have quorum guaranteed. In fact, therefore, there would have been trust among the voters but in practice the abstentions meant that there was a real lack of support for the executive, opening up to the crisis.

Draghi’s message

As reported by the news agency HandleDraghi addressed the Chamber with thanks, and then announced: “In light of the vote expressed by the Senate last night, I ask that the session be suspended to go to the President of the Republic to communicate my decisions. Sometimes the hearts of central bankers are used too, thank you for that and for all the work done during this time“. The session of the Chamber was suspended until 12pending the outcome of the interview between Draghi and Mattarella

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The elections

The increasingly likely prediction is that it will go to vote on September 25 or October 2. However, since September 25 is a Jewish holiday, it is likely that the choice will fall on the second option. An unusual thing in Italy, where elections are avoided in the autumn because they fall too close to the discussion of the budget law.

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