President Sergio Mattarella on
Monday handed Lower House Speaker Roberto Fico an exploratory
mandate to explore the possibility of a government-formation
deal between his anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) and
the centre-left democratic Party (PD). Mattarella gave Fico
until Thursday to report back on the possibility of an M5S-PD
government. "The president of the REpublic conferred on House
Speaker Roberto Fico the task of verifying an agreement for a
parliamentary majority between the 5-Star Movement and the PD to
constitute a government," said presidency Secretary-General Ugo
Zampetti after talks between Mattarella and Fico.
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