President Sergio Mattarella is
starting a round of formal political consultations on Wednesday
after this month's inconclusive general election.
The talks will help the Head of State made a decision on to
whom to give a mandate to try to form a new government.
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) says it should
lead the next government as it is the biggest single group in
the new parliament after winning around 32% of the vote.
But the anti-migrant, Euroskeptic League says it should be
top dog as the lead party of the centre right, the biggest
coalition with around 37% of the vote.
The talks kick off with new Senate Speaker Elisabetta
Casellati, followed Lower House Speaker Roberto Fico and
Mattarella's predecessor as president, Giorgio Napolitano.
Then there will be talks with political representatives of
autonomous regions, the 'mixed group' that features members of
the leftwing Free and Equal (LeU) group, and with the rightwing
Brothers of Italy (FdI) party.
The consultations will continue on Thursday with talks with
the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), which is reeling after
its poor showing in the election, Silvio Berlusconi's Forza
Italia, the League and the M5S.
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