ROME (Reuters) - Centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani on Wednesday proposed former Senate speaker Franco Marini as candidate for Italy's president, risking a dramatic split in his Democratic Party a day before voting begins.
Marini, a prominent Catholic and former head of the moderate CISL union, also got the backing of centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi and the small centrist grouping of caretaker Prime Minister Mario Monti, but his election still appeared unsure.
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