Italy’s president looks to former European bank chief Mario Draghi to end political crisis

Former European bank chief Mario Draghi agreed on Wednesday to try to form a non-political government to steer Italy through the coronavirus pandemic after last-ditch negotiations among political parties failed to produce a viable governing coalition.Italian President Sergio Mattarella met Draghi, who is credited with having saved the euro during Europe’s debt crisis, and gave him a mandate to try to form a new government to replace caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte’s coalition of the 5-Star…

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