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The League leader, known for his historic eurosceptic stance, has come under attack in the past few weeks for appearing to have backtracked on anti-EU policies as he backed former European Central Bank chief Draghi to become the new Italian Prime Minister. But mere days after his party was awarded three seats around the new Cabinet, Mr Salvini has already delivered his first provocation to the new Italian leader, allowing a comeback of his more familiar stance on the EU.
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ROME (Reuters) - Allies of new Prime Minister Mario Draghi criticised on Monday one of his government’s first moves - a decision to unexpectedly extend a shutdown of Italy’s ski resorts just hours before the slopes had been due to re-open.
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After a months-long closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, Italian ski operators were poised to re-start their ski lifts on Monday, only to see their hopes dashed on Sunday evening when the health ministry said it would maintain the lockdown.
Health experts said the decision was necessary because of the growing spread of the more contagious British variant of the virus. Tour operators and some of the biggest parties in Draghi’s new unity government complained that the announcement had come far too late.
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ROME (Reuters) - Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi started talks on Thursday on forming a new Italian government as the largest party in parliament as the 5-Star Movement, softened its initial hostility to his appointment.
Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi pauses as he speaks after his meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy February 3, 2021. Francesco Ammendola/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS
The centre-left Democratic Party (PD) gave Draghi its backing but it was still unclear whether he could muster a majority after Matteo Salvini’s right-wing League said it would not support a government backed by 5-Star.
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Italy's former premier Matteo Renzi pulled his small party out of government on Wednesday, stripping the ruling coalition of its parliamentary majority and triggering political chaos even as the nation battles a resurgent COVID-19.