Mario Draghi pulls the warring tribes together – for now

Mario Draghi has been sworn in as Italy’s 30th prime minister since 1946 to head the 67th government as the country struggles to emerge from the pandemic. He is tasked with rescuing the economy from the worst recession since the second world war. He won the backing of almost every large political party and will lead a mixed government of technocrats and politicians. The main priority will be to work out how to spend over €200bn (£175bn; $240bn) of EU recovery funds to rebuild fr