Italy needs to push through reforms in order to get the vast amount of money, 200 billion uros. The likelihood now is that we will have a vote in october or possibly at the end of september. But given the very cumbersome mechanisms that italy has for electing installing a new government, we can't really expect the government to be active until the beginning of november.
For the second time in a week, Prime Minister Mario Draghi has tendered his resignation as his motley coalition government splintered further. The upheaval could not come at a worse time for the country. The pandemic’s devastating costs not only to children’s learning but also to their development are becoming clearer. And researchers are getting bacteria to make jet fuel.
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