Premier designate Carlo Cottarelli
met President Sergio Mattarella for informal talks on Wednesday,
amid huge uncertainty about Italy's political situation and
turbulence on the financial markets.
Mattarella asked former spending review commissioner
Cottarelli to try to form an executive after attempts to put
together a political government following the inconclusive March
4 election failed.
The last attempt, based on a agreement between the League and
the 5-Star Movement, broke down after Mattarella refused to
approve the nomination of Euroskeptic economist Paolo Savona as
economy minister.
Italy's bonds came under huge pressure on Monday and the
international stock market suffered big losses amid fears that
Italy could end up quitting the eurozone.
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