Massimo D'Alema (R), president of Democrats of the Left and one of the candidates for the election of the new head of state, attends the vote at the Italian Parliament in Rome May 10, 2006. Incoming Prime Minister Romano Prodi said his centre-left coalition aimed to elect Italy's first former communist as president on Wednesday and be asked to form a government next week, ending a month of political limbo. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi