Mario Draghi Rome/UNI/Xinhua: Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday said he would resign.
In a brief statement released following a cabinet meeting, Draghi said "The majority of national unity that has sustained this government from its creation does not exist anymore."
Draghi handed in his resignation to Italian President Sergio Mattarella late on Thursday. Mattarella will now decide to refuse or to accept it.
Draghi said that the defection of key lawmakers from a confidence vote on a relief bill to help Italians deal with soaring energy prices earlier in the day convinced him he no longer had support to govern effectively.
"From my inauguration speech in parliament I always said I would only go on if there was a clear prospect of implementing government programs," Draghi said. "These conditions no longer exist."
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