Italian President Sergio MattarellaROME, Jan 29 Italian President Sergio Mattarella has been re-elected, follows from the results of the vote, the eighth round of which was held on Saturday evening in the Italian parliament. The counting of votes continues, but Mattarella has already scored the 505 votes necessary for victory. His election became possible after an appeal to him by the country's leading political forces and regional leaders. Earlier, the 80-year-old former judge of the Constitutional Court repeatedly made it clear that he was not interested in a second seven-year mandate. Earlier on Saturday, Mattarella received a delegation of leaders of parliamentary factions, to whom he announced his readiness to again lead the country, «taking into account the situation.» The need for such an appeal arose after the last seven rounds of voting, which had been going on since Monday, ended inconclusively. «opposition» with NATO
