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Italy Political stability leads to strong economic growth

Mario Draghi, the country’s prime minister, pointed to the fact that Italy’s economic growth was expected to hit roughly 6% in 2021, following a drop of almost 9% in 2020. “Employment has also begun to grow again: in the third quarter of this year, there were 500,000 more people in work, and 308,000 less unemployed people compared with the same period in 2020,” he said.

A former head of the European Central Bank, Draghi became Italy’s prime minister in February 2021, and has guided the country through the latter part of the pandemic with a steadfastness and competent manner that has been appreciated both at home and abroad. Draghi is now being touted as a

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