World Politics

Italy seems as though it is in a perpetual state of political meltdown. Casually taking in news the average Australian, and indeed much of the Anglo world, is generally of the impression that Italy is a basketcase, but a friendly, charming and good looking basketcase nonetheless.


Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi with deputy Gianfranco Fini

The miraculous Italy with its ability to survive and even thrive in this chaos is, after all, still one of the world’s largest eight economies, albeit strugling.

Now Italy is looking at the possibility of its President Silvio Berlusconi being ousted from office for the third time following a ruling by the high court that he could not be protected from prosecution.

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  • Nicholas James says:

    05:54pm | 11/10/09

    I enjoyed reading this. I find Italy’s socio-political dynamic very entertaining. @Leo Just one point; legalise, not legalize. Please. I really hate American spelling and I don’t think that we should allow it to infiltrate our mass media. Read more »

  • toorak tractor says:

    11:19am | 11/10/09

    Absolute shambles. They should try and take advantage of the mobile labor capital from Eastern Europe and Africa. The more Berlusconi, who looks after number one, controls the media the more power the dangerous NL and the extreme right could wield. The Left aren’t that much better, who couldn’t organise… Read more »

 

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