Mario Draghi takes over the chairmanship of the new government in Italy and succeeds Giuseppe Conte.
This is announced by a spokesman for the presidential palace in Rome.
Mario Draghi
is the new
Prime Minister
of
Italy
.
Draghi
is the former head of the European Central Bank.
The economist inherits
Giuseppe Conte
and forms a new
government
for
Italy
.
Rome - The former head of the European Central Bank,
Mario Draghi
, wants to become the new Prime Minister of
Italy
.
A spokesman for the presidential palace announced on Friday evening.
Draghi
should be sworn in in his new office on Saturday afternoon.
After the announcement, the 73-year-old economist appeared in front of the press and presented his list of ministers with politicians and experts.
Draghi
had previously conducted
intensive exploratory rounds with party representatives
in
Rome
.
He received a
surprising amount of support
both from 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.
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Ex-ECB boss Mario Draghi is the new Prime Minister of Italy.
© Fabrizio Corradetti
New Prime Minister of Italy: Mario Draghi takes office
Mario Draghi also
needs a majority in the two-chamber parliament to confirm his planned government after his appointment.
For this and for his cabinet list, he had sounded out 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.
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 too close to right-wing forces.
New government for Italy: Ex-ECB boss Mario Draghi becomes prime minister
Matteo Salvini from the right-wing Lega, who had repeatedly called for early elections in the course of the government crisis, changed his position.
He praised
Mario 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
.
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.
Italy: Mario Draghi succeeds Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister
Mario Draghi
is internationally known 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 Conte 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.
(with dpa)
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