Europe woke up to a new period of uncertainty on Monday, as Italian voters produced a new parliament with no clear majority and rewarded parties that criticised the establishment.
Preliminary results on Monday morning (5 March) showed the eurosceptic Five Star Movement emerge as the largest single party, with 31 percent of the votes.
The centre-right coalition of convicted tax fraudster and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi won 37 percent.
The ruling centre-left bloc o...
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