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Italy’s Politicians Are Digging A Grave. The Coffin is in the Offing.

May 20, 2013 by 2 Comments

Even Italy's President Napolitano is a bit miffed with Italy's eternally slow moving, if very highly paid, politicians. Today, once again, Italy's old new president told them to pull their collective fingers out. Well, they have not bothered up to now, so there's not a fat lot of hope they will do … [Read more...]

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Italy Regurgitates Incompetence

May 14, 2013 by 8 Comments

One of Italy's greatest problems is that the nation has a nasty tendency to regurgitate the incompetent. Examples of this are everywhere, from business to government. Friendship and loyalty count for far, far more in Italy than skill and knowledge - just ask a few of the thousands of bright … [Read more...]

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Italy, Still Going Nowhere Slowly

May 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Is Italy Going in the Right Direction?

Italian politics is as messy as it always has been. The current government which is an unholy alliance between the two big traditional arch enemies, the left leaning PD and pseudo right leaning Berlusconi PdL is already wobbling and has yet to do anything constructive for Italy. Silvio Berlusconi is … [Read more...]

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Italy’s Politicians’ Insane Pay levels

May 3, 2013 by 2 Comments

Honestly, with the amount Italy pays its elected representatives, the nation should be one of the most efficiently run countries in the world. It isn't. Indeed, in terms of political and bureaucratic efficiency, Italy is near the bottom of the barrel. Here's a little about how much some of … [Read more...]

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Italy: New Government, Old Party-Politics

April 29, 2013 by 5 Comments

The re-election of Giorgio Napolitano and the formation of a new government seem to have broken Italy's political deadlock, yet stability remains a distant mirage One of the greatest American politicians of all times, Franklin D. Roosevelt, came to power in 1933 during the Great Depression, a … [Read more...]

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Who Are Italy’s New Ministers? Mini-profiles here

April 29, 2013 by 3 Comments
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Along with pithy profiles, here is a list of the ministers selected to serve as part of neo-prime minister Enrico Letta's new multiple political spectrum coalition government for Italy. Agreeing who should be assigned what proved to be no mean feat according to various press reports, though … [Read more...]

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Italy’s New Prime Minister: Enrico Letta

April 24, 2013 by 8 Comments
Enrico Letta

Although Italy was supposed to learn the name of its latest prime minister by 10:30am today, the appointment of centre-left PD party politician 46 year old Enrico Letta, only emerged around midday. Enrico Letta will now lead a hodge-podge coalition government and attempt, he stated in his first … [Read more...]

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Italy’s New President Tells Off Italy’s Politicians

April 22, 2013 by 6 Comments
Is Italy Going in the Right Direction?

This post is a look at recent events which led to the election of Italy's new president as well as the aftermath which came close to seeing violence erupt on the streets of Rome. Reverberations from the controversial choice of "new" president are ongoing. Today, Italy's new president made an … [Read more...]

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A New President for Italy

April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Voting started today in Italy for a new president to replace Giorgio Napolitiano, 87, whose term of office ends in May. Final UPDATE - April 20, 06:30pm Current Italian president President Giorgio Napolitano has been re-elected. This is the fist time an existing president has been re-elected in … [Read more...]

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Italy: Still in Limbo

April 15, 2013 by 1 Comment

Italy is still without a new government. Time is passing and the nation's economy is worsening, but the weather is nice. While Italy's political classes could attempt to form some kind of new government, they appear instead to have opted for twiddling their thumbs, a fact which has not escaped … [Read more...]

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