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| Italy: Napolitano invites 'select group' on cabinet | Italy: Napolitano invites 'select group' on cabinet |
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| Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has announced that he plans to invite a select group of people to propose a platform of policies that may end the impasse in forming a new government. | Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has announced that he plans to invite a select group of people to propose a platform of policies that may end the impasse in forming a new government. |
| Mr Napolitano said the names would be released later. | Mr Napolitano said the names would be released later. |
| His announcement ended speculation that he might resign after political parties failed to agree a coalition government after February's inconclusive election. | |
| Mr Napolitano said he would serve out his mandate that ends in May. | Mr Napolitano said he would serve out his mandate that ends in May. |
| Italy has been governed by a group of technocrats led by Mario Monti since late 2011 - when centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi resigned in the middle of an acute economic crisis. | Italy has been governed by a group of technocrats led by Mario Monti since late 2011 - when centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi resigned in the middle of an acute economic crisis. |
| The president finished consultations with Italy's main political leaders on Friday. | The president finished consultations with Italy's main political leaders on Friday. |
| In the absence of agreement, Italian analysts had said Mr Napolitano was contemplating quitting to enable a successor to try to form a new cabinet or dissolve parliament and call new elections. | In the absence of agreement, Italian analysts had said Mr Napolitano was contemplating quitting to enable a successor to try to form a new cabinet or dissolve parliament and call new elections. |
| But the president said he planned to stay on "to the end". | But the president said he planned to stay on "to the end". |
| He was, instead, going to ask "two small groups of personalities" to formulate "precise programmatic proposals" that could be supported by political parties - and serve as a basis for a new cabinet. | He was, instead, going to ask "two small groups of personalities" to formulate "precise programmatic proposals" that could be supported by political parties - and serve as a basis for a new cabinet. |
| There has been talk of the possibility of the president ultimately seeking to form a temporary, technocrat-style administration, says the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome. | |
| But for the moment nothing is clear, except that Italy's political paralysis continues, our correspondent says. |