[ Ссылка ] Easter weekend and Italians will celebrate the holiday without having a government due to the political deadlock.
After Friday's talks led by President Giorgio Napolitano failed to break the stalemate created by elections last month, the 87-year-old has decided to take time-out to reflect on his options.
His swift assessment of the three main forces had shown all remained in their entrenched positions.
First the Democratic Party Leader Enrico Letta announced:
"The harsh contrasts and the clashes between the political forces in the past years...make it undesirable to seek a grand coalition between the traditional political parties. This would not be the choice of change the country has asked for."
If the centre-left cant countenance a coalition then the populist Five-Star Movement remained opposed to backing any government not led by them.
"We repeat our determination not to give a confidence vote to political or pseudo-technocrat governments," said 5-Star Senate Group chief Vito Crimi. " We are however, ready to vote for individual laws in parliament that follow our programme including the reform of the electoral law, anti-corruption law and laws on conflict of interest."
But how can the president move things forward? With centre-right Silvio Berlusconi also refusing to back a technocrat government the only option may be for another snap election - something Napolitano has made it clear he does not want.
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