Italians elected Silvio Berlusconi and his centre-right coalition for the fourth time this past week end. Interestingly, Rob at Wind Rose Hotel points out:
"Now Italy has only five parties represented in Parliament, instead of about twenty, and what is more, in my view, no far right and radical left parties. That’s why I personally congratulate … both the winner and the loser: perhaps Italy is becoming a normal country. Viva Veltrusconi!"
The Economist is skeptical that Berlusconi is the right man to bring changes to Italy. They reach back to the quote “everything must change so that everything can stay the same,” written by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, author of the great Sicilian novel “The Leopard” to philosophically make their case.
Well, he does seem to be occupied (and obsessed) in retooling the legendary AC Milan soccer club (a team he happens to own) by going after certain key players.
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