“Dragons on the edge of the abyss.” “The Italian prime minister said he was ready to stay.” But he “he does not reach the goal.” The first hot reactions of the foreign press on the Italian government crisis are sharp. Many newspapers are waiting to fully understand the outcome of the day in the Senate, but others already dedicate ample space to it. The most ruthless picture is perhaps condensed in the incipit of the editorial with which The country opens the online edition: «The Italian Parliament, a wild and self-destructive animal, consummated its latest lethal operation on Wednesday and liquidated the legislature by forcing the prime minister, Mario Draghi, to resign. The violent event has many parents. But it was the parties of the right, Forza Italia and the Lega, that inflicted the coup de grace on the executive of which they were part ”.
But let’s see all the titles. On The country “Italy is approaching early elections, after Draghi does not receive the confidence of Parliament”. While the Financial Times describes “Draghi on the edge of the abyss, after the allies of the coalition withdrew their support.”
Le Figaro he recounts the crisis by writing that “three parties in Mario Draghi’s government refuse to trust him”. To pull the plug, he explains the article by resuming a launch of theAfp“I am Forza Italia, the right-wing party of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the Lega, the far-right formation of the populist tribune Matteo Salvini, and the populist formation Movimento Cinque Stelle”.
Per Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “Draghi does not reach the goal of obtaining confidence, probable resignation of the Italian prime minister”. There is talk of “burning defeat in a vote of confidence in the Senate and his government in Rome is therefore on the verge of bankruptcy.” And then it is emphasized that «Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio, of the Together for the Future party, accused the politicians of having failed. “We played with the future of the Italians. The consequences of this tragic vote will remain in history” ».
They are Politico.Eu “Mario Draghi risks the end because the Italian coalition refuses to support him.” And again: “Mario Draghi risks the end of his premiership, after he has not managed to obtain sufficient support from the right-wing parties of his coalition to continue to lead the Italian government”.
In the end The world which describes the Draghi government as «close to implosion after the defections of three parties. After his resignation last week – it is added -, the Italian prime minister said he was ready to stay in his place if the coalition managed to consolidate. But Forza Italia, the Lega and the 5-star Movement have decided not to participate in the vote of confidence ».