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The contest for the top job in the next EU Commission has been painted as a two-horse race between current Commission chief von der Leyen and EU Italian stallion - or former European Central Bank chief - Mario Draghi. Almost half of the respondents in a new poll considered both good picks to lead the next College of Commissioners, but placed the Ge...

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The European Union (EU) is at a crossroads: It must choose either to enact significant reforms or accept its impending decline. One of the few leaders willing to make much-needed reforms is Mario Draghi, the former president of the European Central Bank (ECB) and former prime minister of Italy. As ECB president from 2011-2019, Draghi is widely cred...

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Audio: https://italianamericanpodcast.com/iap-241-draghi-departed-whats-next-for-italy-with-special-guest-umberto-mucci/ July 27 2022 Roma, Italy

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Italy's outgoing premier Mario Draghi was honoured with the World Statesman Award from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith organisation dedicated to religious freedom and human rights. The foundation's president and founder Rabbi Arthur Schneier presented Draghi with the prestigious award during a gala ceremony in New York on Monday...

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Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith organization dedicated to religious freedom and human rights and its President and founder Rabbi Arthur Schneier, will present the 2022 World Statesman Award to Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi at the 57th Annual Appeal of Conscience Awards at the Pierre Hotel in New York, on Monday evening Septemb...

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On Thursday July 21, 2022, Mario Draghi, Italy’s technocratic Prime Minister, resigned from his role as Head of Government. With Italy facing a summer of unprecedented heatwaves, fires, draught, inflation, war on the continent, gas shortages, and the lingering effects of COVID shutdowns, the departure of this highly-regarded European technocrat has...

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Italy will hold an early election on Sept. 25, with a center-right coalition currently leading in the polls. President Sergio Mattarella officially called the vote and dissolved parliament on Thursday, after Mario Draghi resigned as prime minister earlier in the day. A bloc led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy could have a clear majority, acco...

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Mario Draghi is facing the end of his premiership, after he failed to win enough support from right-wing parties in his coalition to carry on leading Italy’s government. In a speech on Wednesday, Draghi indicated he was willing to stay on as prime minister if his feuding coalition partners could guarantee “sincere and concrete support” for him to c...

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Italian Premier Mario Draghi offered to step down Thursday after a populist coalition partner refused to vote for a key bill in Parliament, but the nation’s president quickly rebuffed him, leaving one of Western Europe’s main leaders at the helm for now.  The rejection of the tendered resignation left in limbo the future of Draghi’s 17-month-old go...

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If Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi cannot close Italy’s digital divide in the next five years, it will not be for a lack of effort — or money. Italians long resisted digital disruption, banning Uber after complaints from taxis, tying YouTube up in copyright disputes, and preferring traditional to online advertising. But when COVID-19 hit, this...

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