Minister in the history of Italy, and the Renzi Cabinet was established. On 30 January 2014, the Five Star Movement deposited an impeachment accusing Napolitano of harming the Italian Constitution, to allow unconstitutional laws and in relation to the State-Mafia Pact. The motion was later dismissed. Resignation On 9 November 2014, the Italian press reported that Napolitano would step down at the end of the year. The press office of the Quirinale "neither confirmed nor denied" the reports. Napolitano officially resigned on 14 January 2015, after the end of the six-month Italian presidency of the EU. After the presidency As an Emeritus President of Italy, Napolitano became Senator for life after the end of his presidency on 14 January 2015. On 19 January 2015 he joined the For the Autonomies group in the Senate. On 23 and 24 March 2018, he was Provisional President of the Senate as the most senior senator, during the election of the President of the Senate in the new legislature. Electoral history First-past-the-post elections Presidential elections Honours National Honours : Head of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (15 May 2006 – 14 January 2015) : Head of the Military Order of Italy (15 May 2006 – 14 January 2015) : Head of the Order of Merit for Labour (15 May 2006 – 14 January 2015) : Head of the Order of the Star of Italy reformed from Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (15 May 2006 – 14 January 2015) : Head of the Order of Vittorio Veneto (15 May 2006 – 14 January 2015) : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (28 October 1998), Grand Cross with Collar (15 May 2006) Foreign Honours : 1st Class of the Order of Skanderbeg (5 March 2014) : Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (26 June 2007) : Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross (10 November 2008) : Grand Cross of the Order of the Stara Planina (25 February 2009) : Collar of the Order of Merit (15 October 2007) : Grand Cross of the Grand Order of King Tomislav (14 July 2011) : Grand cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose (9 September 2008) : Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour (21 November 2012) : Grand Cross Special Class of