New Italian coalition sworn in, seen bolstering EU ties

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New Italian coalition sworn in, seen bolstering EU ties
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A new Italian government was sworn into office on Thursday, with the pro-European Democratic Party (PD) flanking the anti-establishment 5-Star ...

ROME: A new Italian government was sworn into office on Thursday , with the pro-European Democratic Party flanking the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in an unlikely alliance that has been cheered on by financial markets.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, a law professor with no party affiliation, led his new team of seven women and 14 men in the swearing-in ceremony in the gilded presidential palace. The government will not be fully operational until it wins confidence motions in the lower and upper houses of parliament slated for Monday and Tuesday respectively.

The new economy minister is Roberto Gualtieri, the chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. His appointment sent a clear signal Rome wanted to reset its relations with Brussels, which twice threatened the last coalition with disciplinary action over the public accounts.

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