Italy gets a new government vaticannews.va

Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella asked Mario Draghi to be premier after the previous administration, led by Giuseppe Conte, collapsed amid a row over how to spend an EU economic recovery fund.

Nick-named “Super Mario” for his role in saving the euro currency, Draghi is a highly respected figure and his appointment has been greeted with delight by most political observers.

His cabinet contains a mixture of figures from across the political spectrum and several non-affiliated technocrats. Luigi Di Maio, a leader of the populist 5-Star Movement remains as foreign minister while Giancarlo Giorgetti, a senior figure in the rightwing League party, becomes industry minister. The economy ministry has gone to Daniele Franco, the current director-general of the Bank of Italy…

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