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Alesina said that, although the election results are very tight, it is unlikely that Prodi and Berlusconi will form a coalition...
Saltonstall Professor of History Charles S. Maier ’60 said that Italy “deserves someone who will make it seem like Italy is a member of the European Union.” Maier said that Berlusconi is more “provincial...
...billionaire like Silvio Berlusconi is used to wanting, and getting, it all. Even when he has to admit defeat, Berlusconi usually comes away better off than most. So it shouldn't be that surprising that while his days as Italian Prime Minister are now almost certainly numbered, the charismatic media mogul may well emerge from the election, ostensibly won by center left leader Romano Prodi, as what one center-left source called "winning loser." Having made up much ground in the polls in the final weeks, Berlusconi has reaffirmed his own party, Forza Italia, as the single largest political force...
...After his apparent defeat in Parliamentary elections by just 25,000 or so votes among 38 million ballots cast, some observers were expecting fireworks and demands for a nationwide recount. But Berlusconi, in his first public comments Monday night, calmly stated that he will concede defeat only once all the contested ballots are verified, adding that Italy might want to consider Germany's example of a national unity government...
...most now believe that Prodi, 66, will in fact eventually be confirmed as Prime Minister, and Berlusconi will lead the opposition. On Tuesday, though, the President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, whose own term expires next month, said institutional constraints require that the new Prime Minister be installed by Ciampi's successor. That means that Berlusconi may have as many as six to eight weeks to serve as Prime Minister of a Parliament controlled by the center-left. In that period, he may start laying out a strategy for opposing the eventual Prodi government...