ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta met with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party on Wednesday to seek a solution to a stand-off that threatens his fragile coalition, but positions remained "distant", a government source said.
Berlusconi's conviction for tax fraud has shaken the stability of the left-right coalition, with the former prime minister's People of Freedom (PDL) party demanding guarantees for his political future.
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