Italy May Be Headed for July Vote as Cottarelli Stumbles

Prime-minister designate to meet president on Wednesday
Parties seen pressing for elections as early as July 29

Nina Schick, Rasmussen Global director of data and polling, discusses the political turmoil in Italy.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Alessandro Speciale and John Follain

May 29, 2018 at 3:58 PM UTC

Updated on

May 29, 2018 at 4:35 PM UTC

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Italy may be headed toward snap elections as early as July after the latest attempt to form a government saw premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli leave a meeting with the president without an agreement on a cabinet team.

A failure by Cottarelli, who will meet head of state Sergio Mattarella again on Wednesday, could force the president to dissolve parliament, leading to elections within 60 to 70 days.