Salvini and Berlusconi consider the coalition pact with Draghi to be broken due to the prospects of new elections

July 17 () –

The Italian political right represented in La Liga and Forza Italia has declared the coalition pact with the country’s prime minister, Mario Draghi, to be broken this Sunday, in an indication that the new elections could be announced next Wednesday after the unaccepted resignation of the head of the Italian Government for lack of support in a vote on aid against inflation.

In a joint statement after a meeting in Sardinia, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi ruled out the possibility of the two parties remaining in the governing coalition, which included the 5-Star Movement, after Draghi made it clear that he would not lead a new government that do not include this last formation.

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.

Salvini and Berlusconi confirm in this sense that both the League and Forza Italia “rule out the possibility of continuing to govern with the M5S due to their incompetence and lack of reliability”, according to a statement collected by ‘Il Messaggero’.

Thus, both leaders “with the usual sense of responsibility, agreed to wait for the evolution of the political situation, willing in any case to submit to the judgment of the citizens even in the very short term”, in reference to the elections.

The Italian right would stand to gain extremely from a possible election in the autumn, particularly Giorgia Meloni’s nationalist Brothers of Italy, which currently leads the polls and is the only major party not backing Draghi.

Various party sources have confirmed that preparations have been launched for a possible electoral contest to be held on September 25, according to the leader of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, one of the main defenders of Draghi’s continuity.

The next milestone in this complex political process will be on Wednesday, when Draghi will appear before Parliament at the request of the president, Sergio Mattarella, to evaluate the support and, if necessary, call the elections.