Mario Draghi announces he will resign as Prime Minister of Italy

ROME - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has told his cabinet that he will tender his resignation to the country's president on Thursday evening after a coalition partner refused to back a key government bill.

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Much of the national unity that has sustained this government since its inception no longer exists.

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It is up to Italian President Sergio Mattarella to accept or reject the resignation.

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Hours earlier, Draghi and his pandemic coalition government won a 172-39 vote of confidence in the Senate, despite the populist 5-Star Movement's refusal to support a bill that would have provided 26 billion euros ($26 billion) in aid. have been allocated.