Mario Draghi is set to become Italy’s next prime minister
He will have to move fast to overcome Italy’s deep-seated problems
WAS THERE ever a luckier prime minister than Mario Draghi? Or an unluckier one? He is set to come into office with around €200bn ($240bn) from the EU’s recovery funds to spend. But he will also take over Europe’s worst-performing economy in a pandemic and with a parliamentary majority hard put to agree on anything, let alone on controversial structural reforms the European Commission wants to see implemented as the largesse is disbursed.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “No time for foot-Draghing”
Europe February 13th 2021
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