Mario Draghi is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy

Economist Mario Draghi was sworn in this Saturday as the new Italian Prime Minister before the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, who instructed him to form a government due to the crisis triggered after the Resignation of Giuseppe Conte on January 26.

“I swear to be faithful to the Republic, to faithfully observe the Constitution and the laws and to exercise my functions in favor of the exclusive interest of the nation”, Draghi pronounced in the Quirinal Palace, seat of the Presidency of the Republic, in an act which was measures against the coronavirus, such as compulsory use of masks and social distancing.

After Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank (ECB), they began to swear their 23 ministers, including eight women. In addition, out of these 23, eight are technical and fifteen come from the supporting parties, represented by all those who sit in Parliament with the exception of the far-right Brothers of Italy

Despite the fact that the event was due to start at noon, many new ministers arrived an hour and a half early, including scientist Roberto Cingolani, who will head the first Ministry of Ecological Transition.

In total, the new government will have eight technicians in key positions, like the Ministry of the Economy, entrusted to the former director of the Italian Central Bank Daniele Franco, or Education, at Patrick white.

Curator Luciana Lamorgese will continue inside; economist Enrico Giovannini will be in infrastructure; the former adviser of Vodafone Vittorio Colao, in innovation, and the lawyer Marta Cartabia, first president of the Constitutional Court, in justice.

The remaining fifteen ministers come from the six parties supporting Draghi: 5 Star Movement (M5S), the left of the Democratic Party (PD) and Free and Equal (LeU), the right of Forza Italia, the centrist Italia Viva (IV) and the far right of La Liga.

There are certain continuity with the Conte firm: from M5S Luigi Di Maio repeat in the exteriors, Stefano Patuanelli go to agriculture, Federico D’Incá remains at the Ministry of Relations with Parliament and Fabiana Dadone modification of youth policy.

The PD keeps the Defense, with Lorenzo Gueriniand Culture, with Dario Franceschini, while Andrea Orlando will be Minister of Labor.

Deputy Roberto Speranza, from LeU, will continue to lead health, a sign of continuity amid the pandemic.

After the oath, Draghi will go to the Palacio Chigi, seat of the presidency of the government, for tremoval of powers with his predecessor, Giuseppe Conte, who remains outside the executive.

Then it is expected that the The First Council of Ministers and Magistrate Roberto Garofali appointed to the influential post of Undersecretary of the Presidency.

The last step will be the investment, which will be voted on next week in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

The new Prime Minister has the almost unanimous party support and only the far right Italian Brothers of Giorgia Meloni will oppose him.

Its main objective will be the the management of the coronavirus pandemic and European recovery funds, around 209 billion euros.

(With information from EFE)

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