ROME, Italy
\nItalian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned on Thursday after his national unity government fell apart, setting the country on course for an early election and hitting financial markets.
\nDraghi, an unelected former central banker who has led a broad coalition for 18 months, tendered his resignation in a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella.
\nMattarella\u2019s office said the head of state had \u201ctaken note\u201d of the resignation and asked Draghi to remain in a caretaker capacity.
\nItalian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned on Thursday after his national unity government fell apart, setting the country on course for an early election and hitting financial markets.
\nDraghi, an unelected former central banker who has led a broad coalition for 18 months, tendered his resignation in a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella.
\nMattarella\u2019s office said the head of state had \u201ctaken note\u201d of the resignation and asked Draghi to remain in a caretaker capacity.
\nDraghi\u2019s coalition crumbled on Wednesday when three of his main partners snubbed a confidence vote he had called to try to end divisions and renew their fractious alliance.
\nThe political crisis has up-ended months of stability in Italy, during which Draghi had helped shape Europe\u2019s tough response to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and had boosted the country\u2019s standing in financial markets.
\nDraghi drew warm applause from lawmakers when he made a brief appearance in the lower house of parliament on Thursday.
\n\u201cEven central bankers have their hearts touched sometimes,\u201d he quipped as he received the ovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ROME, Italy Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned on Thursday after his national unity government fell apart, setting the country on course for an early election and hitting financial markets. Draghi, an unelected former central banker who has led a broad coalition for 18 months, tendered his resignation in a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-272703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n