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In Italy, three months after the elections, a new government was formed
In Italy, a new government was sworn in, formed by the winners of the March 2018 parliamentary elections, the Five Star Movement and the League.
Giuseppe Conte, professor of law, has been appointed head of government. The leader of the Five Star Movement, Luigi DiMaggio, became Minister of Economic Development, and the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, became Minister of the Interior. They both received the positions of vice-premiers.
The government must win a vote of confidence in both houses of the Italian Parliament, where the Five Star Movement and the League have a majority. Voting will take place early next week.
Germany has declared its openness to the new government, while European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Italians need to "work harder and less corrupt" and stop blaming the EU for their failures.
- The coalition of the Five Star Movement and the League promises to introduce a guaranteed income for poor families, deport 500,000 illegal migrants from the country, and lower income taxes.
- The coalition invited Italian President Sergio Mattarella to approve the government last week, but he refused to do so because of the candidacy of the economy minister, 81-year-old Paolo Savona, who opposes the use of the euro in Italy.
- After that, the president invited the economist Carlo Cottarelli to form a technical government, but then the coalition developed a different version of their government. In the new version of the Cabinet, Paolo Savona received the post of Minister for European Affairs.
- The Five Star Movement was founded by comedian Beppe Grillo and became popular under the slogan of fighting the establishment. "League" ("League of the North") - a nationalist party that appeared as an association of supporters of the isolation or even independence of regions in northern Italy.