If he prevails, Draghi will likely bolster the entire eurozone, which has long fretted over Italy's perennial problems. Highlighting the political instability, Draghi's government is the 67th to take office since 1946 and the seventh in the last decade alone. Draghi has spent the past 10 days drawing up his plans and unveiled on Friday his 23-strong cabinet, which included eight women. Draghi told them their priority was "to safeguard the country" and urged them to lay aside their rivalries and work as one, ANSA newsagency reported. However, some members of the 5-Star Movement, which was created in 2009 as an anti-system, anti-euro protest group, have said they might vote against Draghi, threatening a party schism.

Source: bd News24 February 13, 2021 15:00 UTC