[Rome 5th Reuters]-Italy's new Conte cabinet was launched on the 5th. 21 Constituents, including Prime Minister Conte, attended an oath ceremony held at the Presidential Office. Starts. While the right-wing “alliance” that opposes the EU in the previous administration falls to the opposition party, the new administration is expected to become more pro-EU.
Luciana Lamorgese, who is a senior bureaucrat and familiar with immigration issues, will take over as the interior minister, replacing Salvini, the leader of the allied party who was critical of the EU in the previous administration. Roberto Guartieri, who was appointed as the Minister of Economics and Finance, is the chairman of the European Parliament's Economic and Financial Committee, which seems to aim to improve relations with the EU over the country's fiscal problems.
Under such circumstances, according to sources, the government chose Paolo Gentiloni, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Party, as Italy's next European Commissioner.
The first challenge for the Conte Cabinet will be to formulate the 2020 budget. In the policy statement, the coalition ruling party has come up with an expansion policy for boosting the economy and avoiding the increase of VAT.