Italy's popular Prime Minister Mario Draghi looks out of time after three political parties refuse to take part in a confidence vote, foiling efforts to resolve a crisis now expected to lead to his resignation and snap elections. Draghi had made the support of parties across the political spectrum key to ending an impasse that risked destabilising the eurozone's third largest economy just as it struggled with pressing domestic and geopolitical woes. The decision by three parties -- Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, the anti-immigrant League and populist Five Star Movement -- to sit out the vote means Draghi's bid to revive his beleaguered coalition had failed. Draghi technically won the vote, but is not expected to declare a victory after the parties' snub. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES