The Italian prime minister has already handed over his resignation to the president. The declaration does not say whether Mattarella will dissolve parliament or call early elections.

Prime Minister Mario Draghi this Thursday handed over his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, who asked him to remain as Acting Acting, the head of state’s office said in a statement.

The statement did not say whether Mattarella would dissolve parliament or call early elections.

Mario Draghi had already told Parliament this Thursday that he would meet with President Sergio Mattarella and inform him of his intention to step down after the three partners in the ruling coalition refused to support his government. Draghi lost the parliamentary majority that supported him on Wednesday.

“First of all, thank you. In view of the vote that took place last night in the Senate of the Republic, I ask for a suspension of the meeting, because I will communicate my decision to the President of the Republic,” said Draghi, moving to the Senate. , quotes Bloomberg, adding that “even bankers have hearts”, alluding to the joke that a banker’s heart – Draghi was the former head of the European Central Bank.

Draghi resigned last week after his Five Star Movement party abstained in a vote of confidence in the prime minister. The offer was eventually accepted, but it was not enough to keep Draghi in his post.

However, Italian President Sergio Mattarella temporarily rejected Draghi’s resignation in the hope that a solution could be found and asked Draghi to address Parliament in an attempt to avert what would be the Italian government’s third crisis in three years.