Silvio Berlusconi ahead in Italian exit polls, page 1

Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, is set to return to power for a third term, exit polls in the country's election suggest.

Daily Telegraph

I do believe he will be elected again, for a third term, but it will be difficult because Italian election laws prevent any political affiliation from getting a majority. So the mandate to govern will be limited and restricted.

This is due to preventing another Mussolini.

Whoever gets elected has to deal with public debt, reform of the public sector and addressing taxation.

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Thread wreckers usually end up wrecking themselves... haven't you noticed?
(Which is probably why they post in the first place.)

It is an interesting development.
Or is it?
Whenever there's a whiff of recession in the world, people - and especially the Italians, or so it seems - go for the "safe" choice, meaning anyone who promises them "order" (even if it is of the oppressive kind).
I can't say it isn't understandable.

Of course after Prodi's recent failure there weren't very many options left in Italy - but still...
In fact that's probably the most "interesting" (and worrisome) facet of this process: the polarisation of the Italian public opinion allows for very few political options (= candidates).

It may be the "better the devil you know" phenomenon...

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