The Draghi government collects the confidence in the Senate on the Dl Aid (172 in favor, 39 against), but without the votes of the M5S.
This is why Mario Draghi went up to Colle for an interlocutory meeting and then, returning to Palazzo Chigi, formally announced his resignation to the Council of Ministers after 17 months. The President of the Republic rejected them, however, inviting him to appear in the Chambers next Wednesday to parliamentarise the crisis.
"From my inauguration speech in Parliament I have always said that this executive would only go forward if there was a clear prospect of being able to implement the government program on which the political forces had voted their confidence - Draghi told ministers explaining his choice -. This compactness was fundamental to face the challenges of these months. These conditions are no longer there ".
The tear had been in the air since Wednesday evening, when the Five Star Movement, in the statements of Giuseppe Conte, had announced its intention not to participate in the vote . Today an acceleration before 7 pm, during a lightning meeting of the CDM and immediately after a long conversation with Mattarella.
The situation remains frozen until Wednesday 20 July with the head of state asking Draghi for an "assessment of the situation" before the Chambers. Among the hypotheses, also that of a government of purpose that closes the legislature at least bringing home the Budget Law of 2023 with the reforms of the NRP and guaranteeing Italy the funds made available by Europe.
THE REACTIONS - The news of the announced resignation has divided the parties, with Enrico Letta's Pd dismissing the broad field with Conte's M5s, confident that the government is not over yet. "The decisive day will be Wednesday, when Draghi will report to the Senate, not today," says Minister Dario Franceschini.
The center-right instead regroups and invokes the ballot boxes by attacking the Five Stars. "Elections immediately" is the mantra of Giorgia Meloni . "Nobody should be afraid to give back the word to the Italians", the note of the League . "We are not afraid of the vote", Silvio Berlusconi had also said.
THE STOCK EXCHANGE - Meanwhile, the Milan stock exchange, the black jersey of Europe, closed at -3.44% and burned 17 billion. The spread has stopped for now its rise to 206.6 points , the yield of the ten-year BTP at 3.34%.
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