Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced his resignation on Thursday after the leadership of his centre-left Democratic Party voted in favor of an urgent change of government to push through reform.

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced his resignation on Thursday after the leadership of his centre-left Democratic Party voted in favor of an urgent change of government to push through reform.

"I have informed the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano of my intention to go to the Quirinale (presidential) palace tomorrow to submit my resignation as prime minister," Letta said in a statement.