Italy was plunged into political turmoil on Thursday when prime minister Mario Draghi offered to resign after a split in his national unity government.
The former European Central Bank president said the conditions were no longer in place for him to carry on after the populist Five Star Movement refused to support his government in a critical parliamentary vote.
His resignation was quickly rejected by Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella, who asked Draghi to address parliament next week to assess how much support his government would have. The rejection creates time for Italy’s political class to try to patch together a compromise to prevent the country from being tipped into early elections.
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