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Italy's president refuses Prime Minister Draghi's resignation

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi gives a press conference at Canazei Fire Brigade on July 4, 2022, one day after an ice avalanche sparked by the collapse of the largest glacier in the Italian Alps killed at least six people and injured eight others. © Pierre Teyssot, AFP

Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday refused to accept Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s resignation, in a political crisis experts warned could send the eurozone’s third largest economy to snap elections.

Mattarella “did not accept the resignation, and invited the prime minister to appear before parliament to make a statement", the presidential palace said, amid reports Draghi would address parliament next week to see if he has the necessary majority to stay on.

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