The ex-head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, has been sworn-in as Italy's next prime minister.
Mr. Draghi put together a unity government of the main political parties, following the collapse of the previous administration last month. It was thrown into chaos amid a row over how to spend EU coronavirus recovery funds.
Italy is still grappling with the pandemic and is also facing its worst economic crisis in decades. The country has recorded more than 93,000 deaths, the sixth-highest death toll in the world.
Here Italy goes again, with its 67th government since World War Two. Mario Draghi, credited with saving the euro as president of the European Central Bank at the height of the eurozone crisis, has become Italy's new prime minister with a cabinet comprising a broad base of political parties and technocrats.
Their main priority will be to work out how to spend over €200bn (£175bn; $240bn) of EU recovery funds to rebuild from the pandemic.
Nicknamed "Super Mario", Mr Draghi has significant support for now. But in Italy's notoriously divided and unstable political landscape, it's never clear how long that will last.
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