Italy In Italy, Laura Boldrini, member of the left-wing party Left Ecology Freedom, is elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. Pietro Grasso, a former anti-mafia magistrate and member of the centre-left Democratic Party, is elected President of the Senate. ([http:--www.repubblica.it-politica-2013-03-16-news-liveblogging_camera_senato_ii_giorno-54645681- "La Repubblica"])