PM Draghi says Italy needs to be rebuilt, promises reforms


  • World
  • Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: Newly installed Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi leaves his house, in Rome, Italy, February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi called on Italy to pull together to help rebuild the country following the coronavirus pandemic and promised his new government would introduce sweeping reforms to revitalise the battered economy.

In his maiden speech to parliament, the former head of the European Central Bank said his broad-based administration would throw all its efforts into defeating COVID-19, while looking to leave a stronger, greener nation for future generations.

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