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- 123345Pierluigi Bersani
- 117125Silvio Berlusconi
- 54109Beppe Grillo
- 1947Mario Monti
- 10Vallee d'Aoste
- 12M.Ass.Ita.Estero
- 01USEI
- 00Antonio Ingroia
PDL drags PD and Monti to Italians' soft spot: home and tax amnesties - Post a comment
05 febbraio 2013
The Italian election campaign is becoming more and more a battle fought on the slippery slope of taxation. During the past two days Silvio Berlusconi mapped out his tax proposals. Proposals that the Cavaliere himself described as "shocking" and that turned out to be new to the PDL program that was presented, alongside a planned agenda and the party logo, a few weeks ago. ...
Legal issues might now embarrass the Cavaliere - Post a comment
02 febbraio 2013
Trials and judicial investigations have made a come-back as one of the themes of the election campaign. The scandal involving Monte dei Paschi di Siena has indirectly caused waves for the Democratic Party because of its close relationship with the bank. And yesterday we returned to the question of Silvio Berlusconi's trial: a story that has repeated itself in the last twenty years, ever since the so-called "Prima Repubblica" fell following the ...
Berlusconi's comeback: the unknown factor - Post a comment
04 febbraio 2013
The real unknown factor of this election campaign is Berlusconi's comeback. We cannot help but remember 2008 when the polls showed Prodi's Unione ahead by many points with respect to Berlusconi's Casa delle Libertà. Then when the ballots were counted it turned out that the Cavaliere had actually received more votes than Prodi in the Senate (the upper house of the Italian Parliament) and had only lost in the Camera (Lower House) by a hair's ...
Opinion polls little moved by uproar on the "red bank" - Post a comment
31 gennaio 2013
A week after the Monte dei Paschi "bomb" went off, voters, investors and politicians start to wonder how much the scandal, which has affected the so-called "red bank" (meaning the left-wing bank) can influence the outcome of elections. Based on recent forecasts it would seem just a little. ...
Berlusconi recalls Benito to pick up right-wing votes - Post a comment
29 gennaio 2013
Fascism, or rather the re-surfacing of fascism, entered an electoral campaign already marked by a number of twists and turns. Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the PDL, triggered a strong reaction with his remarks: "The racial laws were the worst fault of Mussolini, who in so many other ways did well". He said that on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, sparking uproar in Italy and abroad. ...
Banks and politics: elections turn unhealthy - Post a comment
26 gennaio 2013
The Montepaschi-gate is shaking the Italian election campaign. The derivatives scandal surrounding Italy's fourth largest bank immediately caused a dispute among the key political forces. Pd, the party which is leading in all the opinion polls, was especially hit. In fact, the Democratic Party exercises a very strong control over the bank and the Fondazione Monte dei Pa-schi through the Municipality of Siena (always governed by the center-left). ...
Monti list, a mix of reformists and old politicians - Post a comment
24 gennaio 2013
M onti's agenda is focused on reforms. And so is Monti's list. The former premier tried to incorporate reformists on both sides, left and right, even if it meant negotiating with allied parties. ...
Recession, a nightmare before and after elections - Post a comment
25 gennaio 2013
The recession is back dominating the election campaign. Confindustria (The Italian employers' federation) is calling for a kind of "shock therapy" to the tune of 300 billion in order to bring growth to an annual rate of at least 2%. In addition, recent data brought political leaders back to reality. The Bank of Italy has estimated a negative growth of 1% this year and the International Monetary Fund has revised downwards its October forecasts: ...
Grillo, the antipolitician courting small businesses - Post a comment
23 gennaio 2013
A fierce opponent of the European Union and the single currency. An opponent of the Italian political class, which he sees as money grubbing and protected. This is, in short, the profile of Beppe Grillo, a comedian from Genoa who leads the Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and who, according to forecasts, is likely to walk away with 14% of the votes. Grillo's movement was set up in 2009 but in fact it first appeared in elections in 2008. ...
New/ Who is in, who is out: a headache for il Cavaliere - Post a comment
22 gennaio 2013
At the moment the "lists" are the only thing people in Italy seem to want to talk about. This is because it won't be the Italian voters who decide the names of deputies and senators for the next Parliament: the choice of names to be elected, in line with the law, will in fact be decided by the parties. ...
