No sign of political unity as Italy awaits president's decision


ROME (Reuters) - Italian parties reacted sceptically on Friday to centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani's call for a government backed by all political forces, complicating President Giorgio Napolitano's efforts to end the stalemate left by last month's election.

Napolitano has ended consultations with the parties to try to form a government after the election which gave the centre-left control of the lower house but left it short of a majority in the Senate and thus unable to govern alone.

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