Monti rushes to form technocrat government in Italy

  • 13 years ago
Italy's new prime minister Mario Monti has begun assembling a team of non-political experts as he tries to put together a new government capable of dealing with the country's economic troubles. With public debt at almost two trillion euros - around 120 percent of GDP - a broad political consensus will be vital in implementing much-needed austerity measures. ... http://www.euronews.net/