Italy's top court leaves electoral reform in tangle

ROME (Reuters) - The reasons given by Italy's top court for throwing out key planks of the country's electoral law leave politicians no closer to agreeing a new system to give Italy the stable government it badly needs.

As Italy struggles with a huge national debt and a stagnant economy, most politicians agree that the electoral rules that helped produce a hung parliament after last February's national vote are in need of change, but they have squabbled over reform for the best part of a decade.