Mario Draghi has waived his €115,000 salary as Italy’s prime minister as he attempts to lead his country out of a health and economic crisis.
A declaration of Draghi’s earnings, taxes and assets, published by the Italian government, stated that he would not receive “any remuneration of any kind” during his time in office.
Draghi, a former president of the European Central Bank, was sworn in to lead a national unity government earlier this year after Italy’s previous coalition collapsed during the Covid-19 pandemic. He has since launched an ambitious €248bn package of investments and structural reforms to help reboot Italy’s pandemic-hit economy.