Italian Prime Minister Renzi enters Wednesday off

rome - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (41) Wednesday must resign. He said Wednesday after the Senate had approved the budget for 2017. The budget was presented by the center-left Renzi.

He said Monday to resign immediately because his reform plans were voted down in a referendum at the weekend. President Sergio Mattarella Renzi has, however, when asked to resign his decision to take into consideration and take some time for at least the budget.

Later Wednesday, the leadership of Renzi's Democratic Party (PD) together. The Prime Minister shall adopt reportedly at 17. 30 hours the word. Italian media say that the PD are wondering whether there is now a kind of government of national unity must be supported by as many parties in parliament or that there should be elections as soon as possible.

Mattarella would prefer a government that governs on to also arrange an amendment to the electoral law, in addition to the budget. Whoever leads government and the parties that support it, is unclear. The current government administration period runs until February 2018. An early ballot would be about three months.