Italian PM Draghi resigns after coalition falls apart


FE Team | Published: July 21, 2022 14:56:22 | Updated: July 21, 2022 18:02:57


Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi looks on during his address to the lower house of parliament ahead of a vote of confidence for the government after he tendered his resignation last week in the wake of a mutiny by a coalition partner, in Rome, Jul 21, 2022. REUTERS

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi handed in his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday after his unity government fell apart, plunging the country into political turmoil and hitting financial markets, Reuters reports.

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