Renzi Seeks Berlusconi Help as Italy Elects New President
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Italian Premier Matteo Renzi and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi a year ago sealed a pact on constitutional reforms. Now that unusual alliance may help elect Italy’s new president.
More than 1,000 lawmakers and regional delegates will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday in Rome to start voting for the new head of state, a complex process that could take several days to choose the successor to Giorgio Napolitano, Italy’s longest-serving president. He resigned Jan. 14 due to his advanced age of 89.