Former ECB boss Mario Draghi presented his cabinet on Friday.
In Parliament he will soon have to win two questions of confidence.
Rome - Mario Draghi, the ex-head of the European Central Bank, wants to become Italy's new Prime Minister, as a spokesman for the presidential palace said on Friday evening.
On Friday, the 73-year-old presented his cabinet of politicians and experts.
Before the announcement, the economist had held intensive exploratory rounds with party representatives.
He received a surprising amount of support from both the failed center-left coalition of Giuseppe Conte and from the right-wing conservative opposition.
The government crisis in the middle of the pandemic * had lasted since mid-January.
Draghi also needs a majority in the two-chamber parliament for the confirmation of his planned government after the appointment.
For this and for his cabinet list, he had explored the opportunities in many personal meetings and telephone calls.
According to the constitution, a government must present itself to both chambers of parliament within ten days of being formed in order to maintain trust.
Only the far-right Fratelli d'Italia had announced from the start that they would vote against Draghi.
The behavior of the populist five-star movement as the strongest force in parliament was, however, unclear for a long time.
Founder Beppe Grillo advocated supporting the economist.
The assumption of ministerial posts was also a goal.
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In an online vote, the majority of the party voted yes on Thursday.
That was seen as an important signal for Draghi.
A wing of the party that is considered anti-elitist continues to reject this path.
The five-star movement came to around 30 percent in the 2018 election and has so far ruled.
Their social democratic coalition partner, the PD, sided with Draghi early on.
However, some PD politicians are alienating the idea of getting close to right-wing forces.
Matteo Salvini of the right-wing Lega, who had repeatedly called for early elections in the course of the government crisis, changed his position.
He praised Draghi and promised "unconditional" support.
He described the participation of ministers from his Lega, which was last in the opposition, as possible.
Silvio Berlusconi's conservative Forza Italia also wants to express his trust in Draghi.
Mario Draghi had initially accepted the offer of office with reservations
President Sergio Mattarella had offered the 73-year-old, who has no political office in Rome, a mandate to form a cabinet after Conte's resignation on February 3.
Draghi had initially only accepted the order with reservations.
The head of state spoke of a government "with a high profile" that must be put together to lead Italy out of the pandemic crisis *.
Draghi is known internationally as the "euro savior" because he helped stabilize the euro at the head of the central bank ECB in 2012 during a currency crisis with the help of a power word.
The Contes * government was the 66th in the Italian Republic.
She started work in September 2019.
In mid-January, the coalition of the independent lawyer broke up in the dispute over EU aid funds for the Corona crisis.
The old prime minister recently campaigned to support Draghi in his new role.
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