Italian President Sergio Mattarella Rejects Prime Minister Draghi's Resignation
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Italian President Sergio Mattarella rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, telling him to return to Parliament to garner support. While left-leaning articles highlighted the ramifications of Draghi’s resignation, right-leaning articles highlighted the causes of his resignation.
A left-leaning article from The Washington Post discussed the potential crisis Italy now finds itself in given Draghi’s resignation. While Draghi had been a rare unifying force in Italy, able to cobble together a broad coalition of right and left-leaning supporters, his support dwindled as inflation, drought, and Ukraine replaced pandemic concerns. Even if Draghi retains control as Prime Minister, he is likely to be a short-term fix.
NPR published a centrist article reporting on how Mattarella rejected Draghi’s desire to resign after a populist coalition group refused to support a bill to create a garbage incinerator on the outskirts of Rome. Draghi, nicknamed “Super Mario” for his prior success rescuing the euro, was elected to help Italy recover from the COVID pandemic. Now, if Draghi fails to obtain support, parliament will hold elections as late as September with the far-right party Brothers of Italy expected to make large gains.
A right-leaning article from Fox News discussed how Draghi resigned after losing the support of populist coalition the Five Star Movement. The coalition, which enjoyed widespread election success but has since floundered, stated that its position had nothing to do with confidence in the government, but instead was because of internal politics.