Still no functioning government in Italy March 28, 2013 -- Updated 1917 GMT (0317 HKT) (CNN) -- With Italy mired in post-election gridlock, Pier Luigi Bersani told Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday that he has been unable to form a new government, state news agency ANSA reported. But he was unable to win a majority in the Senate. Instead, power in the Senate was divided between Bersani and the center-right coalition of his rival, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, which is anchored by his party, Popolo della Liberta, or People of Freedom.