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A month after general elections, talks on forming a government seem deadlocked.
Pier Luigi Bersani, whose Democratic Party won a majority in Italy’s lower parliamentary chamber, but not in the upper, is struggling to find sufficient support to form a government.
Ex-comic Beppe Grillo has refused to give broad support to Bersani, and is blocking MPs from his Five Stars Movement, the second largest party in terms of seats won, from supporting Bersani’s pledge to form an apolitical team.
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Fearing political instability could push up unemployment, trade unions have asked Bersani to avoid fresh polls early, and accepting any coalition with the former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.
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