After three rounds of inconclusive voting, Italy’s parliament elected Sergio Mattarella, a constitutional court judge and veteran politician, as president.
Mattarella was the only candidate put forward by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s Democratic Party.
The 73-year-old won with 665 votes, far past the 505 required to win. Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
{Andy Heller-Matzav.com Newscenter}
