Draghi Set to Offer Resignation as Ally Snubs Confidence Vote
- Five Star Movement to stay away from Senate vote on aid
- Premier Draghi expected to offer resignation to head of state
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is expected to offer his resignation after the Five Star Movement, a key member of his coalition, went ahead with its threat to boycott a confidence vote on the government, triggering political turmoil.
The party led by former premier Giuseppe Conte, the second-biggest group in parliament, announced in the Rome Senate that it would stay away later Thursday from the vote on an aid package for businesses and households hit by high energy prices.