Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi to resign over coalition crisis
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said he will tender his resignation on Thursday night, after his coalition government collapsed.
The premier won a confidence vote in the Senate earlier in the day, but the future of his government was in doubt after the populist 5-Star Movement boycotted the vote, throwing his coalition into crisis.
The vote was 172-39, but 5-Star senators were absent after confirming they would not participate in the vote on a relief bill for soaring energy costs.
"I will tender my resignation to the president of the republic this evening," Draghi told the cabinet, according to a statement released by his office.
"The national unity coalition that backed this government no longer exists," he added.
Draghi's broad government of national unity was formed in February 2021 with parties on the right and left to help Italy recover from the COVID pandemic.
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