Italy forms new government
(VOVWORLD) - Mario Draghi, former head of the European Central Bank, confirmed on Friday he is ready to form Italy's next government and unveiled a cabinet with a mix of technocrats and politicians from his broad coalition.
 Mario Draghi, former head of the European Central Bank (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
After a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Draghi introduced a cabinet of 23 ministers, 15 of which are politicians and 8 technocrats.
President Mattarella asked Draghi to be prime minister after party wrangling brought down the previous administration, and set him the task of tackling the coronavirus health crisis and economic meltdown.