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| The ministers in Italy's new left-right coalition cabinet were sworn in on Sunday as gunfire broke out in the centre of Rome. | The ministers in Italy's new left-right coalition cabinet were sworn in on Sunday as gunfire broke out in the centre of Rome. |
| About a mile away from where the ceremony was taking place, a lone gunman opened fire on Carabinieri officers standing guard outside the prime minister's office. One of the policemen was wounded in the neck, and another in the leg. | About a mile away from where the ceremony was taking place, a lone gunman opened fire on Carabinieri officers standing guard outside the prime minister's office. One of the policemen was wounded in the neck, and another in the leg. |
| A pregnant female passerby was grazed by a bullet and was also taken to hospital. None of the victims of the shooting were in danger for their lives. | A pregnant female passerby was grazed by a bullet and was also taken to hospital. None of the victims of the shooting were in danger for their lives. |
| The violence added a new layer of tension to the atmosphere in a profoundly divided country that had been politically deadlocked since a general election in February. | The violence added a new layer of tension to the atmosphere in a profoundly divided country that had been politically deadlocked since a general election in February. |
| The rightwing mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, said: "We shouldn't be surprised at a time when people are inveighing continually against the establishment." | The rightwing mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, said: "We shouldn't be surprised at a time when people are inveighing continually against the establishment." |
| Though he denied that it was aimed at any one group, Alemanno's remark was widely seen as a reference to the maverick Five Star Movement (M5S), which has bitterly attacked Italy's mainstream parties. Beppe Grillo, the ex-comedian who leads the M5S, condemned the shooting. | Though he denied that it was aimed at any one group, Alemanno's remark was widely seen as a reference to the maverick Five Star Movement (M5S), which has bitterly attacked Italy's mainstream parties. Beppe Grillo, the ex-comedian who leads the M5S, condemned the shooting. |
| The suspected gunman was wrestled to the ground and disarmed by Carabinieri as he tried to flee. He was named as Luigi Preiti, a man in his late 40s from the mafia-ridden town of Rosarno, in Calabria. | The suspected gunman was wrestled to the ground and disarmed by Carabinieri as he tried to flee. He was named as Luigi Preiti, a man in his late 40s from the mafia-ridden town of Rosarno, in Calabria. |
| He was initially described by the authorities as mentally disturbed, but his brother, Arcangelo Preiti, said: "Until yesterday morning, Luigi was a lucid and go-ahead person." | He was initially described by the authorities as mentally disturbed, but his brother, Arcangelo Preiti, said: "Until yesterday morning, Luigi was a lucid and go-ahead person." |
| He said his brother, who has a son, had returned to Calabria from the north after losing his job and separating from his wife. | He said his brother, who has a son, had returned to Calabria from the north after losing his job and separating from his wife. |
| Preiti, who was dressed in a jacket, collar and tie, was said not to have any links with organised crime. Forensic officers reportedly found seven bullet casings in the broad, paved square in front of the prime minister's official residence. | Preiti, who was dressed in a jacket, collar and tie, was said not to have any links with organised crime. Forensic officers reportedly found seven bullet casings in the broad, paved square in front of the prime minister's official residence. |
| Not far away Prime Minister Enrico Letta's ministers stepped forward one by one to swear allegiance to the republic before President Giorgio Napolitano. Letta's new cabinet has the highest proportion of women – seven out of 22 – in the history of the Italian republic. The most senior is the foreign minister, Emma Bonino, a member of the Radical party and a former European Commissioner. | |
| In addition, the cabinet includes nine members from the Democratic party (PD), including Letta; five from Silvio Berlusconi's Freedom People movement, and three from Civic Choice, the party launched by the previous prime minister, Mario Monti. The other ministers are non-party technocrats, including the finance minister, Fabrizio Saccomanni, who until his appointment was director-general of the Bank of Italy. | |
| Letta was asked by President Napolitano to pull together a 'grand coalition' after the resignation of the PD's leader, Pier Luigi Bersani. The PD won the most seats in parliament at the general election in February, but Bersani refused to do a deal with Berlusconi yet failed to entice Grillo's M5S into a coalition. | |
| The new prime minister is to set out his government's programme to parliament on Monday, before submitting it to confidence votes in both houses. Though it has been born with the help of the two biggest mainstream parties, most commentators were predicting that its life could be turbulent and relatively short. | |
| There are numerous issues on which the PD and the PdL have diametrically opposed views, starting with Silvio Berlusconi's campaign pledge to abolish an unpopular property tax and return to the electorate the €8 billion it brought in last year. Renato Brunetta, the PdL leader in the lower house, warned his party would not back the government in the confidence votes if Letta failed to include the undertaking in its programme. | |
| Though Berlusconi will not have a seat in cabinet, he will be the decisive influence behind the scenes. Angelino Alfano, whom he once named as his successor, will be the interior minister and Letta's deputy. | |
| The M5S, which took a quarter of the votes in February, will be the biggest party in opposition. Also opposing the government will be the Northern League and - at the other end of the political spectrum - the Left, Ecology and Freedom (SEL) party. | |
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