ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano called Enrico Letta, deputy head of the centre-left Democratic Party, to the Quirinale Palace, indicating he was likely to be asked to form a new coalition government.
The new government, which could take office in a matter of days, would be backed primarily by the rival centre-left and centre-right groupings, which had hitherto refused to cut a deal following inconclusive elections in late February.
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