| 05.02.08
No surprise, actually....... As expected new elections will take place in Italy soon. The Senate’s president’s attempt to come to an agreement on changing the truly overcomplicated election rules first was doomed to fail. Of course, this would have been the logical way out of the stall-mate situation, but the actual opposition insist on early new elections as they see a good chance of winning them. The true leader of the still governing parties, Rome’s mayor Veltroni, has been favouring the anticipated change of election rules, but certainly not fully convinced as he himself might see good chances to become the leader of a new centre-left coalition. That leads us to the core of the problem: none of the two sides should really expect an overwhelming success in upcoming elections. Berlusconi and his group are strong, Berlusconi as a person, however, continues to be much “discussed” (to say the least). And with the person of Veltroni there is now an option at hands that has to be considered much more seriously than anyone else in the still governing parties, at mid-term as well as at longer-term perspectives. Now, what does all than mean for people interested in Italy as such or in spending holidays in this country? Actually nothing truly important. After a short and probably sharp election campaign there will be a new government. Either Berlusconi’s well known coalition (should this term be applicable for Italy) with all its pros and cons, or a centre-left coalition under the leadership of Veltroni who is considered a man of high reliability, prestige, sane guidance for home and foreign politics. Remains the (remote) hope an election would have a clear-cut outcome resulting in a new government that has a chance to survive a full legislation period and tackle the actual problems of this country. |
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