Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is likely to have a hard time controlling his coalition, politicians and analysts warn, after relations within and among the ruling parties worsened over this week's election of a new head of state.
Outgoing 80-year-old President Sergio Mattarella was re-elected for a second term on Saturday, with party chiefs asking him to carry on after seven rounds of fruitless, often fraught voting in parliament to choose a successor.
Meanwhile the coronavirus crisis shows little sign of abating, with Italy seeing hundreds of deaths every day. "We need to understand whether the key ingredient of Draghi's government - a broad, cross-partisan majority - will still be there in a few weeks, because if not, the situation will rapidly become untenable."
"Mattarella 2 - a misleading semblance of stability," was the title of a report on Saturday by advisory group Teneo.Precisely how the turmoil plays out for Draghi remains to be seen. Some politicians say that with the parties sidetracked by internal strife Draghi's own role as commander of the coalition will actually be strengthened.
However, the voting also revealed numerous internal splits within the parties and with jockeying for position ahead of the election already beginning, the early signs for stability are not promising. "The League's internal tensions will all be vented on the government," Giorgio Mule, a junior defence minister from Forza Italia told Reuters.
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