New Italy ministers react after swearing-in ceremony

Ministers in Italy's new cabinet reacted on Saturday to the job at hand after being sworn in to form the country's new government.

Giorgia Meloni was sworn in at the Quirinal Palace as Italy's first far-right premier since the end of World War II and the first woman to lead the government.

Meloni, 45, recited the oath of office before President Sergio Mattarella, who formally asked her to form a government a day earlier. The new premier's 24 ministers followed, similarly swearing in. Five of the ministers are technocrats, not representing any party. Six of them are women. After the ceremony, newly appointed defence minister, Guido Crosetto, told journalists he felt the "sense of responsibility" of the new government.