Mattarella rejects Draghi’s resignation. The crisis opened by the tear of the M5s, which did not vote in the Senate the confidence in the Aid decree, thus takes a new turn. The President of the Republic, reads a note from the Quirinale, ‘did not accept the resignation and invited the President of the Council to present himself to Parliament to make communications, so that an assessment of the situation that has arisen is carried out in its own seat. following the results of the session held today at the Senate of the Republic ‘. The position of the head of state after two talks with Draghi at the Quirinale. The first, lasting an hour, around 5pm.
The second after 7pm, concluded with the Colle note. The premier had summoned the Council of Ministers at 6.15 pm and announced his decision to return to Colle to renounce the post. Immediately after, Palazzo Chigi had given the journalists the text of his short speech (including the ‘Good evening to everyone’ of the debut and the final ‘Thank you’) so that there could be no interpretations.
Here it is: ‘Good evening everyone, I want to announce that tonight I will resign my resignation in the hands of the President of the Republic. Today’s votes in Parliament are very significant from a political point of view. The majority of national unity that has supported this government since its creation is gone. The pact of trust underlying the government action has failed. ‘ ‘In recent days on my part there has been the utmost 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. ‘
‘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 carry out the government program on which the political forces had voted their confidence. This compactness was fundamental to face the challenges of these months’. ‘These conditions are no longer there. I thank you for your work, the many results achieved. We must be proud of what we have achieved, in a very difficult moment, in the interest of all Italians. Thank you’.
Fifteen lines that seemed to close the game. Now the door opens again. Ministerial sources let it be known that Draghi said on the CDM that he will report Wednesday on the crisis to the Senate. That will be the occasion and the venue requested by the head of state for the ‘assessment of the situation’. 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 Democratic Party files the wide field with Conte’s M5s (which convenes a new National Council for 8 pm) and hopes that Draghi’s race is not over. ‘The decisive day will be Wednesday, when Draghi will report to the Senate, not today’, says Minister Franceschini. The center-right, especially with Lega and Fdi, regroups ahead of the elections by attacking the Five Stars. ‘We are not afraid of the vote’, Berlusconi had also said, while for the minister of Fi Brunetta ‘Italy cannot do without Draghi’. Markets seem to think so too. 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%. Europe looks at Italy ‘with worried amazement’, says Gentiloni. ‘Total disbelief for political developments’ by the president of Confindustria Bonomi.
Source: Ansa
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