ROME (Reuters) – Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday he wanted to appoint a new government that he hoped would gain widespread parliamentary support following talks aimed at the coalition previous fall recovery.
Mattarella, Italy’s chief political negotiator, said he did not want to call early elections, arguing that the country needed strong administration to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and devise recovery plans for the economy.
As a result, he said he wanted a “high-profile” administration in a role that could rely on cross-party support to deal with the health crisis. Such a government would surely be led by a technocrat.
Reporting by Angelo Amante, Edited by Crispian Balmer