Now playing Next Europe Decoded What is the legacy of Italy's outgoing prime minister Mario Draghi? As Italians prepare to go to the polls, we take a look at what "Super Mario" managed to do in his one and a half years at the helm of the country. 23/09/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Mattarella dissolves parliament, election set for 25 September The decision came after PM Mario Draghi handed in his resignation as a result of key right-wing coalition allies, the Five-Star Movement, boycotting a confidence vote. 21/07/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italian PM Mario Draghi resigns after his government collapses A new general election is expected to take place between end of September and beginning of October this year after Draghi handed his resignation to Italy's president. 20/07/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Mario Draghi braced to step down again - how did we get here? Despite winning another confidence vote, "Super Mario" has offered to resign. But how did we get here? 19/07/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italians ask PM Draghi to remain in office despite political crisis Draghi tendered his resignation last week after the populist 5-Star Movement refused to back the government in a parliamentary confidence vote. 17/07/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy faces political crisis as president rejects Draghi's resignation President Mattarella has told the prime minister to go back to parliament after Mario Draghi offered to quit, arguing his national unity coalition "no longer exists". 14/07/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy PM Mario Draghi survives confidence vote but coalition in doubt Populist coalition partners 5-Star Movement say they want Prime Minister Mario Draghi to do more to ease Italy's cost of living crisis. 14/07/2022
Now playing Next Europe News EU leaders fail to agree on price on gas but vow to continue talks Italian PM Mario Draghi didn't manage to advance his proposal for an EU-wide limit for soaring gas prices. 24/06/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Draghi secures Senate support for his stance on Ukraine war Members of the ruling coalition have criticised Italy for sending weapons to Kyiv. 21/06/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Macron, Scholz and Draghi back EU candidate status for Ukraine The move is "a strong, quick, expected gesture of hope and clarity that we want to send to Ukraine and its people," the French president said as the three leaders visited Kyiv. 16/06/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Scholz, Macron and Draghi plan Ukraine visit, first since start of war German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported that Germany's chancellor, the French president and the Italian PM plan to visit the Ukrainian capital in the upcoming weeks. 12/06/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Draghi's 2nd phone call with Putin shows Italy's effort for dialogue Draghi's phone call with Putin shows Italy's effort to encourage dialogue and avoid a humanitarian crisis, reports Euronews' Giorgia Orlandi. 27/05/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Italian PM calls for changes to EU treaties amid Ukraine war Mario Draghi told MEPs on Tuesday that unanimity on foreign policy decisions needs to be revised. 03/05/2022
Now playing Next Green News Italians banned from overusing air con in a bid to save energy ‘Choose peace or air conditioning’ says Italian PM in the latest move away from Russian gas. 25/04/2022
Now playing Next Europe News EU is seeking alternatives to break free from Russian fossil fuels Brussels will unveil its strategy on Tuesday to find alternative energy sources. 07/03/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy: Reform to ban politicians from returning to justice system The government decided on various measures to limit magistrates' switching back and forth between their justice roles and politics, both on national and local levels. 12/02/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy: Mattarella re-elected president in eighth round of voting Prior to the Saturday evening session, Italian reps pleaded with Mattarella to run for his second seven-year term, fearing that the ongoing stalemate might hurt the country's international reputation. 29/01/2022
Now playing Next Italy Voting to choose Italy's next president goes into a fourth day Beginning Thursday, a president can be elected with a simple majority, or 505 votes, raising the pressure on leaders to reach a deal. 27/01/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy casts mostly blank ballots in 1st round of presidential election Lawmakers and regional electors cast mostly blank ballots in the first round of Italy's presidential election amid a political stalemate. 25/01/2022
Now playing Next Italy Voting begins in Italian presidential election amid COVID-19 pandemic Italy's next president will have an important role in acting as a neutral referee among the various parties — as Italy struggles to emerge from the pandemic — and will work to enact reforms to help the recovery and boost economic growth. 24/01/2022
