ROME: Italy’s lawmakers re-elected 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday in a bid to break the country’s political gridlock, as protesters outside parliament jeered the result. The ex-communist Napolitano won with a sweeping majority of 738 ballots out of 1,007 possible votes — well ahead of leftist academic Stefano Rodota, backed by the anti-establishment Five … Continue reading Napolitano re-elected with sweeping majority to tackle Italy impasse