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Factbox-What risks being left undone in Italy government crisis?

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is due to address parliament on Wednesday to clarify his position after the president rejected his resignation last week.

Reuters

Pleas pile up in Italy for PM Draghi to rethink exit

Pleas are piling up in Italy to persuade Premier Mario Draghi to stay in office instead of resigning as he tried to do last week after being let down by a major coalition partner

The Independent UK

Italy's Draghi is signaling that he’s determined to quit government

MILAN — Mario Draghi has signaled that he’s determined to resign as Italy’s prime minister next week since he doesn’t have the backing of all the parties in his splintered governing alliance, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Italy enters into political uncertainty after 5-Stars balk

Italy is entering five days of political and financial uncertainty after the 5-Star Movement sparked a government crisis by withholding support on a government-sponsored bill

The Independent UK

Factbox-Possible scenarios as Italy's government faces collapse

Italy might need early elections to overcome a political impasse, government officials said on Friday, after Prime Minister Mario Draghi tendered his resignation in the wake of a mutiny by the 5-Star Movement, a coalition partner.

Reuters

Italy stuck in political limbo, prospect of early election grows

Reuters

Italian government in limbo as president rejects PM Draghi’s resignation

Offer to resign came after coalition parter refused to take part in confidence vote

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Italy: Gov’t collapse averted as president refuses PM resignation

PM Mario Draghi had offered his resignation after the Five Star Movement boycotted a crucial vote in parliament.

Al Jazeera

Italy's president rejects Draghi resignation, tells him to address parliament

The Italian head of state on Thursday rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi and asked him to address parliament to get a clear picture of the political situation, a statement from President Sergio Mattarella's office said.

Reuters

Italy's president rejects Prime Minister Mario Draghi's offer to resign

The premier offered to quit after a coalition ally refused to support a key bill, but the nation's president asked Draghi to see if he can still find a majority in Parliament willing to back him.

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Italian prime minister Mario Draghi to resign after coalition partner snub

Crisis prompted by Five Star Movement’s boycott of crucial confidence vote

The Guardian - UK

Italy's president refuses Prime Minister Draghi's resignation

Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday refused to accept Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s resignation, in a political crisis experts warned could send the eurozone’s third largest economy to snap elections.

France 24

Fate of Italy's government hangs in balance after setback

The survival of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's government is hanging in the balance before a key vote in the Senate

The Independent UK

Factbox-Possible scenarios as Italy's government faces collapse

Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government is on the brink of collapse after the 5-Star Movement said it will not take part in a parliamentary confidence vote on a cost-of-living aid package on Thursday.

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'No, Mario', Italian president urges PM Draghi not to quit

Italy's president rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday after a day of political drama that threatened to bring down a national unity government that has been in office less than 18 months.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Algerian President in Italy Discusses Energy, Renewed Clashes in Libya

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune discussed in Italy the European need for gas, the renewed clashes in Libya, illegal migration, the instability in the Sahel region, and the war on terrorism. Earlier, Tebboune announced that his country was determined to adopt the Italian experience to establish small and medium enterprises. The…

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Letizia Battaglia, who shot life and death in Palermo, dies

Letizia Battaglia, an Italian photographer who documented the arrests of Mafia bosses and the bodies of their victims, has died in her native Sicilian city of Palermo

Reuters

Italy's politics, public opinion, could weaken West's anti-Putin front

Divisions between Italy's political parties and ambivalence among its public over the war in Ukraine could become a weak link in the West's efforts to present a united front against Russia, analysts say.

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Aoun Defends Hezbollah, Says it Has No Influence on Lebanon’s Security Situation

Lebanese President Michel Aoun defended Hezbollah on Tuesday, saying the Party has no influence on Lebanon’s security situation. In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Aoun stressed that the Shiite party’s position inside Lebanon is completely different from its view abroad. “Hezbollah has no influence, in any way,…

The Independent UK

Italy's Sergio Mattarella sworn in for a second term

President Sergio Mattarella received an astounding 55 rounds of applause from an otherwise divided Italian parliament Thursday during a wide-ranging speech that underlined the need for national unity after he was sworn in to a second term in office

Reuters

Italy's Mattarella sworn in as president for second term

Sergio Mattarella took office for a second term as Italy's president on Thursday when he was sworn in before a joint session of both houses of parliament.

The Conversation

Three reasons why Mattarella’s reappointment as Italy’s president is a huge relief for the west

After a tumultuous week of secret votes and intense negotiations between political parties, Italy has reconfirmed Sergio Mattarella as head of state for a second seven-year term. The decision implies that Mario Draghi, the Italian prime minister for nearly a year who was seen as a contender to replace Mattarella,…

Reuters

Italy's Draghi seen facing tough year after presidential wrangling

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is likely to have a hard time controlling his coalition, politicians and analysts warn, after relations within and among the ruling parties worsened over this week's election of a new head of state.

Tribune News Service

Italy reelects Mattarella as president while Draghi remains premier

ROME — Sergio Mattarella was reelected as Italy’s president, offering relief to investors by setting up former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi to remain prime minister.

Reuters

Italy's Mattarella drops retirement plan, stays on as president

President Sergio Mattarella had already signed a lease on a new apartment and called in the packers, making it clear he wanted to leave the Quirinale Palace the minute his seven-year mandate expired on Feb. 3.

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