Italy's Lega leader Salvini says "stop bickering, otherwise another election is coming"

Lega leader Matteo Salvini with some comments

Salvini is pleading to Forza Italia and Five Star Movement to "stop bickering" or else a new election will have to be held again.

Currently, Italian president Mattarella is holding a round of talks with party leaders - but is believed to be favouring Salvini for the premier mandate.

There is a bit of a gridlock there as Five Star Movement - the single biggest party in the election - leader Luigi Di Maio insisting on the premier mandate, while wanting no role for Forza Italia, which is led by Silvio Berlusconi.

Lega's centre-right alliance got the most votes in the election, but they still fell short of a working majority. If Mattarella isn't able to clear a preliminary mandate by next week, either Berlusconi or Di Maio will have to make concessions otherwise another election is indeed very possible.