President vows rapid moves to end Italy crisis

ROME: Italian President Sergio Mattarella indicated Saturday he would move swiftly to appoint a new government, saying the country had pressing issues to address following Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s resignation.

In comments that came against the backdrop of a looming banking crisis, Mattarella said the country needed a “fully functioning government” and that he would decide his course of action “in the coming hours”.