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FILE -- In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, Five Star Movement's Beppe Grillo arrives to meet with former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies, in Rome. The populist 5-Star Movement, the Italian Parliament’s largest party, is holding off for now on committing to back the new government Mario Draghi is trying to assemble. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italian populists dither over support for Draghi government

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

$Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves to reporters as he arrives at the Chamber of Deputies to meet Mario Draghi, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Former European Central Bank chief Draghi is consulting Italy's fractious parties after being tapped by President Sergio Mattarella to try to pull together a government to guide the debt-riddled country through the health and economic crises it is confronting. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)$

Draghi nets wide support to lead Italian government, for now

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

A medical staff member prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine to an over eighty-year-old, in the Santa Maria della Pieta hospital in Rome, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italy teachers balk at AstraZeneca vaccine plans

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Alabama chef faced battle to fly to Italy, marry fiancee

By SHANNON HEUPEL and Montgomery Advertiser - Associated Press

France's Teddy Thomas breaks clear to set-up another try during the Six Nations rugby union international between Italy and France at Rome's Olympic stadium, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Dupont shines as France beats Italy 50-10 in 6N opener

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$The League's Matteo Salvini addresses the media after meeting with Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Former European Central Bank chief Draghi is consulting Italy’s fractious parties after being tapped by President Sergio Mattarella to try to pull together a government to guide the debt-riddled country through the health and economic crises it is confronting. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)$

Italy’s Draghi wins support of 2 rival parties for new govt

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Leader of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, addresses the media after meeting Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Former European bank chief Mario Draghi agreed Wednesday to try to form a non-political government to steer Italy through the coronavirus pandemic after last-ditch negotiations among political parties failed to produce a viable governing coalition. (Riccardo Antimiani/Pool via AP)

Draghi wins support of ex-Italian PM who triggered crisis

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Mario Draghi arrives at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. As Mario Draghi works to secure the required backing in Parliament for him to govern, Italy's outgoing leader on Wednesday warned against the former European Central Bank chief's opting to lead the pandemic-battered country with a team of technocrats instead of politicians. Caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte told reporters he had a long, “very open” talk a day earlier with Draghi, shortly after Italy’s president asked the banking expert to try to form a government to replace Conte’s collapsed coalition. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

Italy’s Conte: Draghi’s new government should be political

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi speaks to the media after accepting a mandate to form Italy's new government from Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Rome's Quirinale Presidential Palace, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Draghi brings market savvy, gravitas to tame Italy’s crises

By COLLEEN BARRY and DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

FILE-- Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, left, welcomes reigning European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on the eve of the change at the head of the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. Italian President Sergio Mattarella has summoned Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi at the Quirinale Presidential Palace on Wednesday for talks, after two rounds of talks failed to seal an agreement among parties on a new premiership for the outgoing Giuseppe Conte. (Boris Roessler/Pool Photo via AP)

Italy looks to ‘Super Mario’ Draghi to end political crisis

By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 file photo Premier Giuseppe Conte attends a debate at the Senate prior to a confidence vote, in Rome. The political parties that make up caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte's collapsed government kept up their squabbling over key policy issues, including European Union pandemic aid, as they struggle to give birth to what would be a revived coalition. President Sergio Mattarella has set Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021 as the deadline for a progress report. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)

Ex-ECB’s Draghi positioned to lead Italy after politics fail

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2020 file photo, lead prosecutor Maria Cristina Rota talks with reporters as the leaves Palazzo Chigi premier's office, in Rome. Prosecutors from northern Italy have traveled to Rome again Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to question the health minister and others as part of their broadening investigation into whether to lay any criminal blame for Italy’s horrific coronavirus toll. Back in June, Bergamo prosecutors questioned Premier Giuseppe Conte, Health Minister Roberto Speranza and other top officials about the delayed lockdown in two Bergamo towns where infections were reported in the early days of Italy’s outbreak. Bergamo subsequently became the Italy’s COVID-19 epicenter, the first in the West, registering a 571% excess mortality rate in March compared to the average of the previous five years. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Probe into Italy virus response looks into preparedness plan

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

A Cuirassier Regiment presidential guard stands behind a window of the Quirinale presidential palace, in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italian president opens talks to resolve political crisis

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 5, 2019, file photo, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during the swearing-in ceremony at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome. Italian Premier Conte was meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26. 2021, with his Cabinet before heading to the presidential palace to offer his resignation after a key coalition ally pulled his party’s support over Conte’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte to resign, seek OK to form new coalition

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during his final address at the Senate prior to a confidence vote, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Roberto Monaldo/ Lapresse via AP)

Italian premier to offer resignation as government wobbles

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2016 file photo, Italy's Federica Pellegrini checks her time after placing third in a semifinal of the women's 200-meter freestyle during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The International Olympic Committee is slated in January 2021 to consider imposing a humiliating probation on Italy’s team for the Tokyo Games due to a two-year domestic dispute that it says amounts to government interference. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, file)

IOC to consider placing Italy on probation for interference

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Italy's Filippo Volandri celebrates defeating Brazil's Joao Souza in their singles quarterfinal match at the BRD Nastase Tiriac ATP Tennis Trophy in Bucharest, Romania. Former top-25 player Filippo Volandri was named Italy’s Davis Cup captain on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Volandri replaces Corrado Barazzutti, who had been in charge for 20 years. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Volandri replaces Barazzutti as Italy’s Davis Cup captain

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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during his final address at the Senate prior to a confidence vote, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Roberto Monaldo/ Lapresse via AP)

Italian PM Conte works to cement majority after narrow vote

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Premier Giuseppe Conte arrives at the Senate do deliver his speech, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italian PM wins crucial vote in Senate with very thin margin

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Premier Giuseppe Conte waits for the outcome of the confidence vote at the lower chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool photo via AP)

Giuseppe Conte, Italian prime minister, job threatened by coronavirus record

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times