When instructing Mario Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank (ECB), to form the next Italian government, an institutional executive and “high profile” to get out of the political swamp and face Italy’s multiple crises, President Sergio Mattarella makes a high-risk and ultimate resource in the face of an extreme situation. If Draghi fails, there is no “plan B”, except to call early elections that, according to the President, would paralyze Italy for months, in the middle of a pandemic and in an economic recession.
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