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3/6/18

Italy - EU: 'Keep Calm', as Italy struggles to form government - by Eric Maurice and Caterina Tani

The EU reacted cautiously on Monday (5 March) after Italian elections gave no clear outcome and leave the door open to weeks of uncertainty and possibly a eurosceptic government.

"Keep calm and carry on," European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said when asked about the vote's potential impact for the EU.

"We have confidence in president [Sergio] Mattarella's abilities to facilitate the formation of a stable government in Italy," he said, while refusing to comment on the election's outcome as long as the final results were not known.

"In the meantime, Italy has a government led by prime minister [Paolo] Gentiloni with whom we are working closely," he said.

In Berlin, chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said he "wish[ed] everyone that it doesn't take six months" to form a government - a reference to the time it took Germany to have a new government.

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