Italian President Is Ready to Allow Months for Coalition Talks, Official Says
- Head of state wants to let the dust settle after campaign
- Parliament reconvenes March 23 to elect two speakers
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President Sergio Mattarella is ready to allow time for passions to cool after Italy’s acrimonious election campaign and will give political leaders until July to break their deadlock, according to a senior state official.
If no working majority can be pieced together from the fragmented parliament elected March 4, Mattarella could trigger another election for the fall, said the official, who was hopeful that a government would be formed.