2021 Italian government crisis

2021 Italian government crisis

Mario Draghi accepting the task of forming a new government
Date	13 January 2021 – 18 February 2021
Location	Italy
Type	Parliamentary crisis
Cause	Withdrawal of Italia Viva's support to Giuseppe Conte's government
Participants	M5S, Lega, FI, PD, FdI, IV, LeU, Aut, Mixed Group
Outcome	Confidence votes won by the government, without an absolute majority in the Senate Resignation of Giuseppe Conte Formation of the Draghi Cabinet

The 2021 Italian government crisis was a political event in Italy that began in January 2021 and ended the following month. It includes the events that follow the announcement of Matteo Renzi, leader of Italia Viva (IV) and former Prime Minister, that he would revoke IV's support to the Government of Giuseppe Conte.^[1]

On 18 and 19 January, confidence votes were held in both Houses of Parliament; the Government managed to win both, but fell short of an absolute majority in the Senate due to IV Senators abstaining.^[2]

On 26 January, Conte offered his resignation as Prime Minister; President Sergio Mattarella consequently started consultations for the formation of a new Government, which ultimately resulted in Mario Draghi being sworn in as Prime Minister on 13 February.^[3]