Draghi loses the parliamentary majority and Italy is doomed to early elections

Euskaraz irakurri: Draghik gobernatzeko gehiengo parlamentarioa galdu du, eta Italia hauteskundeetatik gertuago dago

The Italian Prime Minister, mario draghihas lost enough parliamentary support to govern, after the abandonment in the Senate of his former coalition partners, the 5 Star Movement and the right of Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini.

Draghi has passed the confidence vote voted today in the Upper House, but with the absence of the M5S, Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (FI) and Salvini’s League, he has lost his parliamentary majority. Of the 320 seats in the Senate, he received 95 votes in favor -and 38 against-, although the vast majority decided not to vote.

The Prime Minister left the Senate after knowing the intentions of his partners and it is expected that this Thursday he will appear before the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, before whom resigned last weekbut who froze his resignation until it is debated today in Parliament.

The Secretary General of the Democratic Party, Enrico Lettawhich has supported Draghi, regrets “this day of madness in which Parliament decided to turn against Italy” and anticipates an early election.

“We have done everything possible to avoid it and support the Draghi government. Italians will show at the polls that they are wiser than their representatives,” he wrote on Twitter.

In this year, the Parliament decides whether to control Italy. Noi abbiamo messo tutto l’impegno possibile por avoidarlo e susten il #governoDraghi. Gli italiani dimostreranno nelle #urne di essere più saggi dei parrot rappresentanti.

— Enrico Letta (@EnricoLetta) July 20, 2022

The economist has led a coalition of national unity since February 2021 in which almost all the parties in the hemicycle were, except the ultras Brothers of Italy by Giorgia Meloni.

Last week the crisis broke out in his coalition after the M5S did not vote on a confidence motion, distancing himself from the rest of his partners, which pushed Draghi to resign.

However, President Mattarella rejected his resignation and summoned him to seek a solution in Parliament, which began today, but this mission was impossible due to the confrontation between the right and the M5S.

Well, even though Berlusconi and Salvini reached out to the prime minister to continue in the coalition, they did so with the condition that the M5S be excludedsomething that Draghi was not willing to do, since he aspired to keep the same majority to exhaust the legislature, in March 2023.