ROME — The right wing of
Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s coalition said Wednesday it would support him and avoid triggering snap
elections, but only within a government which did not include the populist Five
Star.
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The Five Star Movement’s decision to snub a
confidence vote on the government last week prompted Draghi to offer his
resignation.
He told parliament Wednesday he would stay on and
avert a crisis — but only if the parties pledge their full support.
Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia and
Matteo Salvini’s anti-immigration League said in a statement that they would
“only continue to contribute to solving Italy’s problems with a new government,
still led by Mario Draghi, (but) profoundly renewed and without the Five Star
Movement”.
Draghi has insisted previously he will only stay on
if the national unity government remains intact — which means with the Five
Star.
The ex-European Central Bank chief was set to
address the Senate again later Wednesday, after parties across the political
spectrum have had a chance to react to his proposal for a fresh start to carry
the government through to scheduled general elections in May 2023.
Analysts have suggested a possible split within the
fractured Five Star could allow Draghi to form a new government with just the
breakaway element, even if the remainder decide to become an opposition party.
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