Italy is heading for early elections, following a failed attempt to form a transition government on Monday (4 February).
After centre-left leader Romano Prodi lost a vote of confidence in the Italian senate and resigned on 24 January, the country's president last week asked the speaker of the senate, Franco Marini, to form a transition government whose main mission would be to reform the electoral system.
The current electoral system was adopted hastily by former Prime Minister Si...
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