Italy has a new government before EU summit

All indications are that Italy has a new government before the EU summit on Thursday in Brussels.

Gentiloni's predecessor, Matteo Renzi, has resigned after the Italian electorate had voted out its reform plans on December 4 in a referendum. It plunged Italy into a government crisis.

Mattarella has Renzi's Foreign Minister Gentiloni Sunday asked to become head of government. He will lead a government team that is based on the coalition that helped Renzi's government to a parliamentary majority. Some Italian media were afraid that Italy at the European summit Thursday with no government would sit, but the government of Social Democrat Gentiloni installs allegedly Tuesday.