The Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi, announced this Thursday (14) that he will deliver the request to resign from his position to the president, according to a note released by his office.
President Sergio Mattarella, however, rejected Draghi's resignation request. Mattarella asked Draghi to talk to Parliament about the political situation.
Political tensions in Italy have increased recently: the 5 Star Movement (M5E), which is part of the allied base, boycotted a vote on a motion of no confidence in the government. The government won the vote, but the boycott apparently left Draghi upset.
The prime minister said this week that his government could not continue without the support of the M5E and ruled out leading a coalition with a different composition.
Giuseppe Conte, former head of government and current leader of the M5E, announced on Wednesday night (13) that his party's senators would not attend the vote of confidence, which resulted in a government crisis when it lost its majority to govern.
Conte's refusal stems from the fact that the decree-law proposed by Draghi, with measures to help families and businesses combat inflation, also includes a plan to build a waste incinerator for Rome, which the anti-establishment forces strongly oppose, considering it expensive, polluting, inefficient, and outdated technology.
In this Thursday's confidence votes in the Senate, the Italian government won the confidence motion by 172 to 39. During last week's vote in the Chamber of Deputies, the M5E voted to trust the government, but then abstained from voting on the decree-law.
