国际英语资讯:Govt of Italian PM Conte sworn in_时事

国际英语资讯:Govt of Italian PM Conte sworn in

Other key ministers included Alfonso Bonafede at Justice, Elisabetta Trenta at Defence, Marco Bussetti at Education, Danilo Toninelli at Infrastructures and Transports, Giulia Bongiorno at Public Administration, and Alberto Bonisoli at Cultural Activities and Tourism.

During the election campaign -- and even more after their first bid failed due to the presidential veto on the finance nominee -- both League and M5S have been strongly critical towards the European Union (EU)and financial lobbies.

Conte would now be in charge of the first populist government the country has seen, also of amending the ties with some of the EU allies, after weeks of sharp exchanges.

After accepting his new mandate on Thursday evening, Conte said his cabinet would "work hard to fulfil all of the political goals included in our government contract" in order to improve life conditions of all Italians.

In an address given on Friday, President Mattarella expressed his "best wishes to the new government for its work."

Mattarella was harshly attacked by M5S and League, when he did not accept their first cabinet line-up entirely. Both parties accused him of trying to impede a government wanted by citizens, and Di Maio even threatened to try to impeach him in parliament. The tensions later subdued.

"A constant search for cooperation marks Italy's relationship with all the other countries in the world," Mattarella said at the concert in honor of the Diplomatic Corp usually held on the Republic Day's eve.