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Italy’s leader wins confidence vote but coalition in doubt

Federico D'Inca, Minister for Parliamentary Relations of Italy, gestures at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022, before voting a bill on various economic measures. The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Lawmakers attend at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022, before voting a bill on various economic measures. The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) 5 stars Movement lawmaker Maria Domenica Castellone speaks at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022, before voting a bill on various economic measures. The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) 5 stars Movement lawmaker Maria Domenica Castellone reacts at the end of her speech at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022, before voting a bill on various economic measures. The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Senators observe a minute of silence in honor of late Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari, at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022, before voting a bill on various economic measures. The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Lawmaker Matteo Renzi speaks at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022, before voting a bill on various economic measures. The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) President of the Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, center, reads out the vote result at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Premier Mario Draghi won a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday but the future of his government was in doubt after the 5-Star Movement boycotted the vote, throwing his coalition into crisis. The vote was 172-39, but 5-Stars senators were absent after confirming they wouldn’t participate in a vote on a relief bill for soaring energy costs. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) The Italian Senate's billboard green, red and white characters shows the final results at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022, after voting a bill on various economic measures. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) The Italian Senate's billboard green, red and white characters shows the final results at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022, after voting a bill on various economic measures. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) President of the Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, left, talks to Italy's Minister for Parliamentary Relations, Federico D'Inca, before voting at a decree on various economics matters, at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022. The survival of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's government hung in the balance Thursday ahead of a crucial Senate vote on a relief bill for soaring energy costs, after a key ally vowed to boycott the measure.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) A view of Senate, before voting at a decree on various economics matters, in Rome, Thursday, July 14, 2022. The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)