Crisis prompted by Five Star Movement’s boycott of crucial confidence vote
The Italian prime minister, Mario Draghi, has said he will resign after the Five Star Movement (M5S), a key party in his broad coalition, snubbed a crucial confidence vote, triggering a political crisis that could pave the way for early elections.
The vote on a controversial cost of living bill passed in the Senate, but Draghi said: “The pact of trust underlying the government has failed.
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