I think I have finally worked out the method used by Italy's political parties to choose government ministers. It is not exactly a scientific system, but it appears to have been widely employed, by both Italy's left and right, until Monti was brought in.Monti's selection method was a more down … [Read more...]
Italian politics
Poor Monti
December 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
I'm starting to feel a little sorry for Italy's new Prime Minister, Mario Monti. It looks as though all and sundry expect him to sort out Italy in the blink of an eye.Such great expectations. Monti has already been asked to sort out the L'Aquila earthquake situation - something which fast … [Read more...]
Berlusconi and Bossi Cook Up Surprise
May 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
After the drubbing Silvio Berlusconi and Northern League party coalition party partner Umberto Bossi received in the results of the recently held first round of local elections in Milan, Italy's two political bigs are cooking up some way of regaining lost ground and trying to avoid losing control of … [Read more...]
Berlusconi’s Reward Ceremony Backfires
May 7, 2011 By 3 Comments
The hazy, crazy world of Italian politics just got a little hazier and crazier. After making a wave of new appointments to positions in his government, more of which a little later, Silvio Berlusconi was trumpeting the fact that his PdL party's formerly fragile majority had acquired new strength and … [Read more...]
Banning Lawyers from Italy’s Parliament
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Whilst scanning the news, as I do, I noticed that Italian Values IDV party leader and staunch opponent of Silvio Berlusconi, Antonio Di Pietro has placed a bill before Italy's parliament which would ban practising lawyers, such as Berlusconi attorneys Ghedini and Longo from taking up seats in … [Read more...]
