The Associated Press

ROME (AP) " Italy's president has summoned the country's bickering political leaders for a single day of talks Monday to seek a way out of a two-month political impasse.

President Sergio Mattarella's office said Thursday the latest round of talks to develop a government coalition between the populist 5-Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party had "faded." He said after five rounds of talks "no prospective of a government majority has emerged."

Reports have suggested that Mattarella could resort to appointing a unity government to lead Italy through 2018 to pass the budget, with a new election in 2019.

A center-right coalition won 37 percent of Italy's March 4 vote and the 5-Stars nabbed 32 percent. But the 5-Stars have refused to govern with ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's center-right Forza Italia party.