Mario Draghi accepts the commission to form a technical government in Italy
The former president of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi accepted this Wednesday the order to form an "emergency" government in Italy, after the political negotiations to reissue the Executive of Giuseppe Conte failed.
The Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, has assigned this mission to immediately confront the economic and health crisis derived from the pandemic and as an alternative to an electoral advance.
The crisis erupted last January with the departure of former Prime Minister Mario Renzi's party, Italia Viva, from the government coalition headed by Giusseppe Conte. On January 26, Conte announced his resignation with the intention of forming a new government with new majorities.
With the government crisis, all parliamentary activity also stops, except for urgent acts such as the approval of expired decrees. The ordinary activity of the Chambers is resumed only after the new Executive has obtained the confidence of Parliament.
