https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brus ... g-hungary/RISKY MOVE: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi faces a vote of confidence next week, after a feud within his coalition government. Draghi on Thursday offered to resign after his coalition partner, the 5Star Movement, refused to back one of Draghi’s signature economic plans. Italian President Sergio Mattarella instantly rejected the resignation, but the drama is far from over.
If the move works out for Draghi, he will stay in power and push through his cost-of-living reforms. But first, he needs a stable government. “The majority of national unity that has supported this government since its creation is no longer there,” Draghi told his Cabinet on Thursday. “The pact of trust underlying the government’s action has failed.”
Dangerous game: It’s far from clear whether Draghi’s alliance will survive the confidence vote next Wednesday, as our colleague Hannah Roberts reports. If the government collapses, it risks triggering “the destabilization of Europe,” declared Antonio Saccone, a senator in the Forza Italia party, as the political drama played out in Rome on Thursday. “You’d be doing Putin a favor,” he told Draghi’s critics before a key vote in parliament.
Man kann nur hoffen, dass sich die Dinge dort noch irgendwie zurechtschütteln. Vor allem für das Land selbst, aber last not least auch für die Stabilität der Anti-Russland-Koalition des Westens, die was Italien angeht stark an Draghi hängt. Die Finanzmärkte sind ebenfalls not amused.
Mario Draghi hat Italien reformiert und stellt sich gegen Putin – nun aber schwindet sein Rückhalt
Das Land hat nach wie vor das Potential, die Eurozone in die Krise zu stürzen
Außerdem sind uns in den letzten Jahren einige italophile User abhanden gekommen, die sicher mehr dazu zu sagen hätten. Ich fürchte aber, dass uns die Lage in Italien nun zwangsläufig etwas mehr beschäftigen wird.
