Italy’s prime minister Mario Draghi is facing the end of his premiership after the right-wing parties in his government’s coalition withdrew their support for him.
Mr Draghi won a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday evening, but did so without the backing of key parties in his national unity government.
The prime minister has held the role for 18 months but handed in his resignation to the president last Thursday, because the populist Five Star movement pulled out of a confidence vote on a cost-of-living aid package.