Draghi Signals He’s Staying Put, Not Interested in Presidency
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi indicated he thinks his government is stable and that he’s not a candidate to be the country’s head of state.
The question came up during a news conference when he was asked about the risk of an impending government crisis amid a looming battle to elect Italy’s next president. “I see no disaster on the horizon,” the former central banker said in Rome on Thursday. “I am definitely not worried about myself.”