Mattarella rejects Draghi’s resignation
The President of the Republic did not accept the resignation and invited the Prime Minister to report to Parliament to make communications, so that an assessment of the situation that has arisen following the results of the session held today at the Senate of the Republic is carried out in its own headquarters. It can be read in a note from the Quirinale.
Draghi announced his resignation after the tear of the M5s, which did not vote in the Senate for confidence in the Aid decree. The prime minister was an hour at the Quirinalethen he summoned the Council of Ministries and announced his decision to return to the Colle and leave his post.
“I want to announce that tonight I will resign my resignation in the hands of the President of the Republic“. These are the first words of the intervention of Prime Minister Mario Draghi to the Council of Ministers today. “Today’s votes in Parliament – he continued – are a very significant fact from a political point of view. The majority of national unity who has supported this government since its creation there is no more. It is vminus the trust agreement at the basis of government action “.
“In recent days for my part – said the premier – there was the maximum commitment to continue on the common path, also trying to meet the needs that have been advanced to me by the political forces. As is evident from today’s debate and vote in Parliament this effort was not enough. Since my inauguration speech in Parliament I have always said that this would only go on if there was clear prospect of being able to implement the government program on which the political forces had voted their trust.
This compactness was fundamental to face the challenges these months. These conditions no longer exist “.I thank you for your workthe many results achieved – concluded Draghi – We must be proud of what we have achieved, in a very difficult moment, in the interest of all Italians“. The Bag in Milan, meanwhile, closed a -3.44% and burned 17 billion. Spread at 206.6 points, yield of the ten-year BTP at 3.34%. Europe looks at Italy ‘with worried amazement’, says Gentiloni.