Letta prepares to tackle Italy's voting law stalemate


  • World
  • Monday, 02 Dec 2013

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta arrives to attend a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu at Villa Madama in Rome December 2, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

ROME (Reuters) - With Silvio Berlusconi now out of parliament, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta is under pressure to overhaul a voting law blamed for dragging Italy into political and economic stalemate after the last election.

Letta was appointed to lead an unwieldy government of left and right forces after a vote in February this year yielded no clear winner.

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