ROME: Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday as the country prepares for knife-edge general elections in March. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni is the third leader of the parliament that was elected in 2013. Gentiloni visited Mattarella on Thursday to announce that work was finished on adopting the 2018 budget, which passed last week. The truth is that Italy has recovered after the most serious crisis of the post-war era,” Gentiloni said. “Italians know that in the coming weeks the spotlight will be on the election campaign, as is normal,” he said.

Source: New Strait Times December 28, 2017 23:37 UTC