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Italian president takes over efforts for forming gov't amid impasse
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday said he would take some time to reflect following a day-long marathon of consultations with political parties to find sufficient consensus for forming the new government.
Napolitano decided to personally take over efforts after the leader of center-left Democratic Party (PD) Pier Luigi Bersani, whose coalition came first in last month's inconclusive election, failed to achieve the necessary support to receive parliament's confidence.
After the last talks with Napolitano, Deputy Secretary of PD Enrico Letta said that longstanding struggles between the PD and its main opponent, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom (PdL), make a broad coalition between the two main forces in parliament an "impossible solution."
At the same time, the center-left coalition has received too many disappointing "no" from other parties on its "program of change" centered on economic, social and moral reforms to improve the chances of crisis-plagued Italians, he added.
As a consequence, Letta stressed, there was nothing else to do that confirming the PD's "full confidence and gratitude for Napolitano, ensuring our responsible support for the decisions that he will take."
Bersani spent the last week consulting with political forces and social partners to try to find a solution to the longstanding impasse.
However, after refusing to collaborate with the Berlusconi alliance, he neither managed to win support of Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment Five-Star Movement (M5S), which holds the balance of power in parliament.
According to observers, Napolitano may decide to still give the mandate to Bersani, who would try to form a "minority government" supported by non-aligned senators on a case-by-case basis, or opt for a so-called "government of the president" led by an authoritative figure.
Napolitano has insisted on the need of a government in the "fullness of its powers," but early elections are looming after the escalation of problems that have highlighted how hard it will be for any new prime minister to gain parliamentary support.
The forthcoming election of a successor of Napolitano, whose seven-year term ends in May, adds to pressure, as the Italian president is not allowed to dissolve parliament during the final six months of his mandate.
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民主党副书记恩里科·莱塔在磋商后表示，“由于严重的对立，传统党派组成‘大联盟’政府不是合适的解决方案”，但中左翼仍对总统充分信任，准备对总统未来的决定给予“负责任的支持”。
中右翼联盟领袖贝卢斯科尼在稍早前的发言中再次表示愿意接受与中左翼、蒙蒂联盟和北方联盟组成“大联盟”政府，并且能够接受“包括贝尔萨尼在内的中左翼人选”担任总理，但拒绝再次由“蒙蒂式”的技术型内阁执政。
议会第三大政治力量五星运动党在当天的磋商中再次坚持由其独自组阁，排除与其他党派的合作可能。
由蒙蒂领导的政治联盟在磋商中认为，各政治力量的分歧已对组建稳定政府造成阻碍，该联盟表示愿意无条件为组成稳定的内阁作出努力，并已建议总统在各党派施政纲领中寻找较为一致的部分探索解决方案。
由于第二轮磋商未能弥合分歧，总统纳波利塔诺当天未公布下一步计划。将于5月结束任期的纳波利塔诺目前已无权解散议会，一旦中左翼组阁失败，留给他的选择只有授权其他人尝试组阁，或等待新总统产生 |
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发表于 2016-7-11 09:57:21