Draghi government

The Italian government led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi from February 2021 to October 2022. It was a broad coalition formed during the COVID-19 pandemic and oversaw Italy’s national recovery plan.

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Second Conte government: The Italian government led by Giuseppe Conte from September 2019 to February 2021. Its collapse opened the political crisis that brought Draghi to the premiership.
Parliamentary confidence: The support a government must retain from a legislature to remain in office. Draghi’s government depended on parliamentary backing and fell after that support fractured.
Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Italy’s national program of investments and reforms financed largely through the European Union’s recovery facility. Its targets and funding commitments became a lasting policy legacy of Draghi’s cabinet.
Technocratic government: A government led or heavily staffed by experts rather than primarily by elected party politicians. Draghi’s expert credentials invited this label, though his cabinet also rested on a broad party coalition.
Mario Draghi: An Italian economist who served as president of the European Central Bank and prime minister of Italy. His appointment as prime minister defined the government’s leadership and public profile.
National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Italy’s plan for investing European Union recovery funds and pursuing reforms under the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The government prepared and began implementing this central policy program.
2022 Italian government crisis: The political crisis that ended Draghi’s government and led to an early general election in Italy. The coalition’s breakdown turned into the immediate cause of the government’s resignation.
Giuseppe Conte: An Italian lawyer and politician who served as prime minister from 2018 to 2021. Conte’s party-centered administrations preceded Draghi’s cross-party national-unity cabinet.
Italian government crisis (2021): The political crisis that ended Giuseppe Conte’s second government and led to Mario Draghi’s appointment. This crisis directly triggered the government’s formation.
NextGenerationEU: The European Union’s temporary recovery instrument, created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It supplied the funding framework behind Italy’s recovery plan.