Premier Giuseppe Conte told the
Lower House on Monday that his new government is seeking to
bring in a "new season of reform".
The premier was presenting his programme ahead of the first
of two confidence votes that the executive is set to face in
parliament.
Conte's second government based on the alliance between the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD).
The two groups, traditionally fierce rivals, made a pact
after League leader and former interior minister Matteo Salvini
pulled the plug on Conte's first government last month.
Conte said that his new government must be distinguished by
"sobriety and rigour so that our fellow citizens can look at the
institutions with renewed faith.
"All of my ministers and I take the solemn commitment before
you to be careful with our words and to use more appropriate
language, which is more respectful to people and diverse ideas,"
added the premier.
Conte said that the "challenge on the domestic front" is to
"broaden the participation in the world of work of segments of
the population who have so far been excluded".
"These (segments) are concentrated, above all, among young
people and women, especially in southern Italy," he said.
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