Luigi Di Maio, of the anti-establishment Five Star movement, is expected to remain in office as Italian Foreign Minister. The current Italian Health Minister, Roberto Speranza, of the left party Free and Equal, must also remain in office.
Daniele Franco, current director general of the Bank of Italy, who does not belong to any political party, was elected the new finance minister.
Three ministers belong to Go Italy, the party of former media magnate Silvio Berlusconi. Three others are from The League, a right-wing party led by Matteo Salvini, who in the past has declared himself vigorously anti-immigrant and anti-European.
In a TV interview, Salvini explained his participation in the Draghi government. “Italians ask me to solve problems, even if it means working alongside people I didn’t get along with,” he said.
Draghi himself does not belong to any political party. Former head of the European Central Bank, he earned the nickname “Super Mario” for saving the euro during Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and is likely to work closely with Franco, his finance minister, to prepare a reform plan for Italy that will allow you to obtain 209 billion euros of the European recovery found.
Draghi’s ministers will need to formally take office on Saturday, before the new government begins to function fully, and will face votes of confidence in parliament the following week.
All Italian political parties, except the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, said they would support the new government.