His resignation has been rejected by Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella
, was this week the guest at a dinner of its foreign press association—an occasion for banter as much as reflection. The joke that prompted him to laugh most heartily came from the association’s Turkish president, Esma Cakir. The parties in his government, she quipped, were just like the members of her association: “They all speak different languages.”
Their boycott pitched Italy into a renewed bout of political uncertainty that became yet more uncertain when the president, Sergio Mattarella, rejected Mr Draghi’s resignation. The turmoil comes against a background of rising inflation, a continuing pandemic and the threat of an end to Russian gas supplies. Political upheaval could also jeopardise Italy’s efforts to secure its giant share of the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund .
Mr Mattarella’s decision was understandable: the vote in the Senate showed that, even without the Five Stars, the government had a majority. It secured 172 votes in the 321-member upper house. The president was, in effect, asking Mr Draghi to go back to parliament to test his support and continue in office or form a new coalition.
By next spring at the latest, Italy has to hold a general election, and it is easier to hustle for votes in opposition than while constrained by the responsibilities of government. The Northern League would be particularly likely to depart. It has watched its support drain away to another hard-right party, the Brothers of Italy, ever since the Brothers cannily chose to eschew Mr Draghi’s national unity government.
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