Italian PM resigns

STORY: Italian PM resigns DATELINE: July 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of Quirinale palaceSOUNDBITE (Italian): MARIO DRAGHI STORYLINE: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday officially resigned, remitting his mandate to the hands of the president, and putting an end to his national unity government after 17 months in office. SOUNDBITE (Italian): MARIO DRAGHI "Thank you for all the work done together during this period. In light of the vote expressed last night by the Senate of the Republic, I ask the session to be suspended, because I'm going to the president of the Republic to communicate my resignation. Thank you." Draghi's cabinet has been in charge since February 2021. The 74-year-old former president of the European Central Bank already made an offer to resign last week, when the populist Five Star Movement -- a major ally in the national unity coalition -- boycotted a confidence vote on a key relief bill, thus denying its support to the cabin