The italian job
April 25, 06 by DiegoOut of all the possible outcomes for the recent elections in Italy, I think that the worse option was the actual one.
In the results, both candidates obtained almost half of the votes and the tight difference in both chambers might make governability difficult.
How the new government evolves will depend on how Romano Prodi negotiates with Forza Italia, Berlusconi’s party. He will also have to gain more support from the part of the population that didn’t vote him in order to pass any difficult reform.
A priori, this will not be an easy task. Mr Silvio Berlusconi did not accept his defeat until almost two weeks after the elections. He said that he would not call Prodi to congratulate him, and that he would use all his means (let’s remember that he own almost all the private media in the country) in order to generate a strong opposition to the new government.
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01 • Aymara Says: 28.04.06 at 3:02 pm
Italia y Peru han tenido las elecciones el mismo dia. Ahora vivimos The Peruvian Job, realidad con visos de pelicula, casi la misma cosa. Quedarse en el poder, hacer y deshacer y si no puedes, impedir que el otro haga. Un italiano amigo mio, me dijo una vez: “No porque Italia esté en Europa significa que seamos un paÃs mas adelantado que uno sudamericano” y en politica, lo puedo comprobar. (Translate with WorldLingo please)