FILE PHOTO: The League party leader Matteo Salvini attends a voting session at the Chamber of Deputies to elect the country's new president in Rome, Italy, January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's lawmakers failed on Tuesday for a second day running to elect a new head of state, with party leaders struggling to find a consensus candidate.
Although Prime Minister Mario Draghi remains a frontrunner, worries that his promotion to president might cause his coalition government to disintegrate and trigger early national elections have clouded his prospects.
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