 In the following days Giolitti and the neutralist majority of the Parliament fought to keep Italy out of the conflict, while the nationalists demonstrated in the squares in favour of entrance into the war (the nationalist poet Gabriele D'Annunzio defined them "le radiose giornate di Maggio" - "the sunny days of May").On 13 May Salandra presented his resignation to King Victor Emmanuel III.Giolitti, fearful of a further blow to governing institutions, declined to succeed as prime minister and also resigned.