New Italian coalition government to be sworn in
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier-designate Paolo Gentiloni succeeded in forming a new government on Monday, keeping key ministers from the coalition of fellow Democrat Matteo Renzi, who resigned last week.
On Sunday, President Sergio Matarella, head of state, asked Gentiloni to try to assemble a government that would prioritize electoral reform laws aimed at making Italy more governable ahead of new elections many political leaders are demanding soon.
Renzi left the helm of a nearly 3-yearlong center-left coalition government, after voters defeated a Dec. 4 constitutional referendum on which he had staked his job.
[...] populist forces, including Parliament's largest opposition group, the 5-Star Movement, have been pressing for elections to be held far ahead of their spring 2018 due date.