Mayors of the main cities of Italy ask Draghi to continue at the head of the Government

July 16 () –

The mayors of the main Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence or Venice, have asked the country’s prime minister, Mario Draghi, to remain in office despite the political crisis

“The mayors, called every day to the difficult management and resolution of the problems that afflict our citizens, ask Mario Draghi to go ahead and explain to Parliament the good reasons why continuity of government action is necessary”, those responsible have made known in an open letter collected by ‘Il Messaggero’.

Draghi announced his resignation this week considering that “most of the national unity that has supported the Government since its creation has left”, after the absence of the hitherto coalition partner 5 Star Movement in the vote on an aid package in the Senate, with which “the confidence pact that underlies the Government’s action has failed”. The President of the Republic, Sergio Matarella, refused to accept the resignation.

The mayors, in this sense, strongly ask “all the political forces present in Parliament that have given life to the majority of this last year and a half to think of the common good and put the interests of the country before their own internal problems” .

The mayors defend that Draghi “has so far represented” Italy “with authority in international forums and has always shown dignity and height, both political and institutional.”

“Now more than ever we need stability,” according to the letter, whose signatories include the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri; Venice, Luigi Brugnaro; Genoa, Marco Bucci or Beppe Sala, mayor of Milan.