ROME Italy’s warring parties were set on Saturday to beg outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to stay for another term, fearing political chaos due to a possible failure to elect his successor.The 80-year old, who has repeatedly ruled out serving again, won nearly 400 votes at the seventh ballot, and the parties in the governing coalition said they had struck a deal to elect
ROME Italy’s warring parties were set on Saturday to beg outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to stay for another term, fearing political chaos due to a possible failure to elect his successor.The 80-year old, who has repeatedly ruled out serving again, won nearly 400 votes at the seventh ballot, and the parties in the governing coalition said they had struck a deal to elect
Italy's warring parties were set Saturday to beg outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to stay for another term, fearing political chaos due to a possible failure to elect his successor.