The centre right on abstained in the
sixth ballot to elect a new Italian president Friday while the
centre left cast blank ballots as the stalemate on finding a
successor to President Sergio Mattarella continued.
In the fifth ballot the centre right failed in its bid to elect
Senate Speaker Elisabetta Casellati.
Centre-right Forza Italia (FI) Senate Speaker Anna Maria Bernini
said "we have opened negotiations with the centre-left, let's
see (what happens)".
There will be two votes a day until a new president is elected,
with Premier Mario Draghi still the bookies' favourite.
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