Italian President Names Paolo Gentiloni as New PM

Italian President Sergio Mattarella chose Paolo Gentiloni to form a new government after reformist leader Matteo Renzi lost a referendum on constitutional reform, on which he had staked his job. Gentiloni is expected to hold the post until February 2018 elections.  After the announcement, he vowed to move “within the same framework” as Renzi’s outgoing government. “Not by choice, but out of a sense of responsibility I will be forming a government based on the outgoing majority,”...

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