With the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi today, the second most pro-war, pro-NATO government in Europe after the British one has collapsed. Draghi resigned after the M5S did not vote, as promised yesterday, for a government economic bill on which Draghi had demanded a confidence vote in the Senate today. The M5S has been critical of both the Ukraine and economic policies of the government. Lega head Matteo Salvini had said in advance that if the M5S did not back the confidence vote, the Lega would leave the government. “It is better to call Italians to vote [in early elections—ed.] than having them on a roller coaster for nine months,” Salvini tweeted.
The opposition Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) party also called for an early vote.
