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A picture shows the fountain in front of the Quirinale (R), the Italian presidential palace in Rome, on January 31, 2015, after the election of Sicilian judge Sergio Mattarella as the new President of Italy. - Renzi's backing for Mattarella has been interpreted as the end of a temporary alliance the premier forged with disgraced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to help drive labour market and electoral reforms through parliament. Mattarella is seen as an "anti-Berlusconi" figure, having severed his ties with the centre right in Italian politics partly because of his distaste for the media tycoon, who still heads the opposition Forza Italia party despite a tax fraud conviction. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)