FILE PHOTO: General view of the Senate as Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Draghi addresses lawmakers before submitting his government to a vote of confidence, in Rome, Italy, February 17, 2021. Alberto Pizzoli/Pool via Reuters/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) -The Italian parliament will convene on Jan. 24 to begin voting for a new head of state to replace the outgoing Sergio Mattarella, the chief of the lower house of parliament ruled on Tuesday.
The election of a new president of the republic may have major repercussions for the future of Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government, which is trying to contain a wave of COVID-19 infections.
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