2021-02-03 22:37:46 GMT2021-02-04 06:37:46(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Former chief of European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi speaks to the press at the Palazzo del Quirinale after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, Italy, Feb. 3, 2021. (Pool via Xinhua)
ROME, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) Former president of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi was tasked by the Italian head of state with forming the country s next government on Wednesday.
The appointment came after Draghi met with President Sergio Mattarella for over one hour at the Quirinale Palace.
The former central banker accepted the mandate to try to build a non-partisan cabinet with the largest possible support in parliament, and above the current fractured political landscape.
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