epa08973916 Italian Lower House Speaker, Roberto Fico, after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, 29 January 2021. President Sergio Mattarella is holding formal consultations on Italy's government crisis with the political parties represented in parliament after Premier Giuseppe Conte quit on 26 January as the executive no longer had an absolute majority in the Senate.  EPA/ROBERTO MONALDO / LAPRESSE / POOL