Italy’s outgoing Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has agreed to stay in office for a few more days after talks at the presidential palace. <br /><br /> The Italian head of state Sergio Mattarella confirmed that he had asked Renzi to carry on until the Senate passes its 2017 budget. <br /><br /> While the move is aimed at preventing emergency funding rules from kicking in, the president will later have to chose a new premier or call snap elections. <br /><br /> Renzi announced his resignation earlier following Sunday’s crushing defeat in the country’s constitutional reform referendum. <br /><br /> Although ostensibly aimed at changing Italy’s cumbersome political system, the poll was largely seen as a confidence vote on the prime minister himself and a rejection of establishment politics. <br /><br /> Resoundingly rejecting Renzi’s reform proposals, the No campaign won with nearly 60 percent of the vote.<br />
