国际英语新闻:Italian new gov't gets green light from parliament

The opposition parties were very skeptical, however, that Renzi will be able to quickly replace the slow-moving Italian system with the dream efficient one.

"Renzi presented a very thick agenda, but the point is whether he has the strength to put his program in place," Francesco Verderami, a political columnist at Corriere della Sera newspaper, said.

"Economists have estimated that tens of billions are necessary for Renzi's proposed reforms, but he did not illustrate where his government will find the fundings," Verderami noted, adding that "if Renzi is able to make one third of the things he has promised, it would already be a revolution for Italy."

Verderami agreed with other experts, however, that citizens were putting their faith in the new prime minister to tackle the challenging problems of their country, including stagnant economy, massive public debt, low consumer confidence, unstable political system, effectively.

Many hoped that Renzi, who used to be the mayor of Florence where he earned mostly positive opinions, could launch in government the new model of "Mayor of Italy" based on efficiency and transparency.

Renzi has also drawn attention to himself because of his informal habits and clothes.

"In fact Renzi was not dialoguing with the political world but with citizens," Federico Geremicca, a political commentator at La Stampa newspaper, noted.

"Undoubtedly he outlined a very ambitious program and Italians will have to evaluate him based on facts, starting from tomorrow," he said.

Renzi said he would begin visiting schools across Italy on Wednesday, starting what he defined his first "gigantic battle" to improve education because cultivating new generations, he stressed, was the basilar step for the future of Italy.