# Italy under Draghi cools the 2019 Belt and Road memorandum

Date: 2022

In 2022 the national-unity cabinet distanced Italy from the 2019 Belt and Road memorandum signed under [Conte](/people/giuseppe-conte), ahead of a later formal exit. A cooling is a completed foreign-economic act, not yet a denunciation.

## People

- Mario Draghi: https://factrail.ai/people/mario-draghi

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-belt-road-draghi-2022/
- https://www.esteri.it/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/it-draghi-china-mou-2022