Five days after his resignation, Italian Prime Minister Draghi gave in again - before the Senate in Rome he called on the divided government parties to stand behind him. A vote of confidence in the parliamentary chamber is scheduled for the evening.
After his failed resignation bid, Mario Draghi is ready to stay on as Italian prime minister. In a speech in the Senate, however, he called on the government parties, which had recently been at odds, to unite behind him and the executive.
Speaking to Parliament in Rome, Draghi said the only way out of the current government crisis was to sign a new "pact" between the parties. "Are you ready to make this pact?" he asked the parliamentarians. A vote of confidence in the smaller of the two chambers of Parliament is scheduled for the evening.
The trigger for the crisis was the failure of the co-governing 5-Star Movement to trust Draghi's cabinet when the Senate voted on a multi-billion dollar aid package. Although his government received the necessary majority even without the star votes, according to Draghi the "pact of trust" had been broken. He then offered his resignation, but Mattarella refused and sent him to Parliament to justify himself.
