Word: ciampi
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...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...
...think he's always right." Whatever detractors say, Letta's boss seems convinced of his talents. At last month's press conference, Berlusconi mentioned "Dottor Letta" five times (without singling out any other Cabinet Minister), and said Parliament should consider electing him President of the Republic when Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's term ends in late 2006. Letta, no doubt, would remind his ever-optimistic boss that the first order of business is a Berlusconi re-election...
Italians certainly think so. “There are no alternatives; without the Union and without a Constitution there is no future for Europe,” Italian President and head of state Carlo Azeglio Ciampi said. Italy, which boasted the highest voter turnout in June’s European Parliamentary elections (73.1 percent versus a 45.5 percent EU-wide average), is, according to most studies, one of the most firmly integrationist EU countries. While editorials in the Italian papers reflected excitement, newspapers in the United Kingdom waxed skeptical about what they see as a flawed document and an excessive...
...that critics say is tailor-made for the television mogul's business interests. The latest piece of controversial legislation would overturn a court decision forcing one of Berlusconi's three main TV channels to go to satellite, but could be rejected by President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as unconstitutional. Antonio Maccanico, a close Ciampi adviser and former Communications Minister, told TIME that Ciampi was debating whether to sign the proposal into law. Lucky Escape POLAND Prime Minister Leszek Miller suffered two broken vertebrae and 14 other people were also injured when their government Mi-8 helicopter crashed...