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Silvio Berlusconi wins Italy election

Started by John Morrow, April 14, 2008, 09:35:34 PM

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John Morrow

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April 15, 2008, 11:13:01 AM
Quote from: SkyrockI'd be wary and watch his steps closely.

Good advice about all politicians, regardless of their politics.  But I think it would be hard to argue that Italian voters didn't know what they were voting for this time around.
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Skyrock

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April 15, 2008, 12:36:09 PM
Quote from: John MorrowGood advice about all politicians, regardless of their politics.
That's certainly true, but for Berlusconi, it goes double.

I'd even rate him as worse as Putin - Putin serves at least the interests of his country rather than the pure personal gain of himself and his pals, and at least he has achieved actual success.
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April 15, 2008, 12:50:55 PM
Quote from: SkyrockI'd even rate him as worse as Putin - Putin serves at least the interests of his country rather than the pure personal gain of himself and his pals, and at least he has achieved actual success.

Have any of Berlusconi's enemies had unfortunately fatal accidents?  And what does that say about the quality of his opposition in Italy?
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The Good Assyrian

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April 15, 2008, 02:23:10 PM
Quote from: John Morrow"The 71-year-old media magnate defeated Walter Veltroni, the 52-year-old leader of the Democratic Party, by a considerable margin and has a large enough majority to rule Italy for a full five-year term."

Yes, but my understanding is that Italy has a fairly standard parliamentary system in which the PM (in this case Berlusconi) can be replaced if there is a snap election in the future.  That is exactly how his rival Romano Prodi just lost power after less than 2 years in office (he became PM in May 2006 after electoral defeat for Berlusconi's ruling coalition).

According to the Wikipedia article on the general election, this will be Italy's 63rd government since WW2, so the country averages a new government exactly every year.  Expecting electoral stability in Italy is probably not a good bet.

Just sayin'...


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Melan

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April 16, 2008, 02:00:46 AM
And in any case, it hasn't done Italy anything particularly bad - politicians come and go, but the place more or less works, and is fairly prosperous. Well, until it turns into yet another province of Communist Eurabia, but I suppose we still have a few years before that sad, sad date. ;)
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