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Italy's President Sergio Mattarella yesterday gave Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni a mandate to try to form the country's new government.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella said Saturday he would make a decision "in the coming hours" to solve ongoing government crisis, and give the country a new full-functioning cabinet.
The immediate political future of Italy is now in the hands of President Sergio Mattarella, whose task is to confer a mandate to form a new government on whomever he picks to succeed resigning Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday praised Italy for its efforts in hosting and rescuing thousands of refugees and migrants, and appealed for global solidarity in tackling migrant crisis.
Sergio Mattarella, the new Italian president, started his seven-year mandate on Tuesday with a promise to guarantee the rule of law amid high appreciation of the local political and social world.
Italian parliament elected 73-year-old constitutional judge Sergio Mattarella as new president on Saturday.
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