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02 February 2021 "Super Mario" for a government of national unity in Italy.

After the failure of the negotiations for the Count ter, the foreign press gives an account of the "shock" summoning of Mario Draghi to the Quirinale by Sergio Mattarella, who will ask him to "start talks to form a government of national unity, while the country is fighting against the Covid19 pandemic ", writes the

Financial Times

.

Who defines the former president of the ECB "one of the most respected Italian personalities" and recalls "his action decision during the eurozone debt crisis".



Mattarella, writes

Reuters

, "the former president of the ECB summoned" tomorrow morning at the Quirinale and "will almost certainly ask him to lead a government of national unity to help Italy deal with the coronavirus emergency and manage the economic crisis".



"The awaited appointment of Draghi will be welcomed by the markets - echoes

Bloomberg

- and put an end to the political intrigues that have left the country without a government and hampered decision-making".

'Super Mario', the US agency recalls, underlining that the euro immediately rose against the dollar immediately after the announcement, "is credited with supporting the euro at the height of the sovereign debt crisis in 2012 with the words 'Whatever it takes'.



With "an extremely dramatic tone, Mattarella announced that there are only two ways: immediate elections or an institutional executive supported by all political forces", writes "

El Pais

", according to which the head of state has chosen the second option, entrusting it "to the figure who enjoys the most support and prestige in Italy, the former president of the ECB Mario Draghi, one of the few figures who has a unanimous consensus among political parties, even on the right, where in other occasions said they were willing to support a government led by the former banker.



"" Former ECB chief Draghi charged with forming the government, "headlines the German daily

Frankfurter Allgemaine Zeitung

, while the

Dpa

agency

writes c

he Mattarella "wants to talk to Draghi about the formation of a new government", after the failure of the negotiations to "relaunch the coalition that supported Giuseppe Conte".