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‘Headache’ for Draghi the Five Stars

Political instability threatens Italy, as the Five Stars do not want to support all the choices of Mario Draghi, while he leaves hints of resignation.

Italy risks experiencing another summer of political instability. Prime Minister Mario Draghi is clear: “I am not going to lead a government different from the current one.” But the boat of his ruling alliance is sailing in troubled waters. Many Five Star MPs and senators, according to the press, are pushing for their political power to exit the government, aiming to show that they do not share much of Draghi’s choices and to win back their lost votes. The tension is so palpable that Italy’s technocratic prime minister left the NATO summit in Madrid earlier and returned to Rome to try to defuse it.

In the end, he did not yet meet with the head of the “Five Stars” Giuseppe Conte, but for now he avoided the outbreak of a government crisis. However, the causes for quarrels and conflicts remain. Five Star, and to some extent the League, do not agree with sending new weapons to Ukraine and believe that not enough is being done to support any diplomatic initiatives.

Draghi vs Conte?

At the same time, according to the Italian sociologist Domenico De Mazzi, Draghi reportedly asked for the replacement of Conte by the leadership of Five Stars. The Italian prime minister categorically denied this, but the movement’s MPs do not seem to be convinced. The Five Stars, after the departure of the foreign minister Luigi Di Maio and other sixty MPs and senators, are going through an “identity crisis” and are trying to return to their original positions and claims.

“Populism must not return, and in order to achieve this, we need to satisfy the demands of the citizens,” said Mario Draghi meaningfully. Who is considered by the president of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, to be the main guarantor of the country’s political stability. Will Lega and Five Stars continue to lose voters, with Draghi remaining prime minister after the parliamentary elections? No one, at this stage, can rule it out.

Theodoros Andreadis Syngellakis, Rome.

Source: Deutsche Welle

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