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Mario Monti Is Tapped to Lead Italy
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Nov 13, 2011 06:53pm |
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| Category | Announcement |
| Author | RACHEL DONADIO |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Monday, November 14, 2011 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ROME — A day after accepting the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s president on Sunday asked Mario Monti, a former member of the European Commission, to form a government charged with helping defend Italy from Europe’s sovereign debt crisis.
President Giorgio Napolitano formally chose Mr. Monti after a day of meetings with political leaders across the spectrum, almost all of whom had pledged their support for a government of technocrats to guide Italy’s post-Berlusconi future.
“The president of the republic,” Reuters quoted a statement from the presidential palace as saying, “has received Senator Mario Monti and conferred a mandate to form a government.”
Mr. Monti told reporters in Rome that he would get to work quickly to try to form a government. Italy must “heal its finances” and resume growth because today’s leaders owe it to future generations, The Associated Press quoted him as saying. |
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