Posted on 01/24/2008 1:26:54 PM PST by SmithL
ROME - Italian Premier Romano Prodi resigned Thursday night after his government lost a risky Senate confidence vote. The center-left government fell four votes short of the 160 needed for victory. The vote was 161-156.
Elected in April 2006, Prodi has had a shaky government from nearly the start. But it lurched toward collapse after a small Christian Democrat party, whose votes were vital to a coalition majority in the Senate, yanked its support earlier this week in the latest squabbling among his allies.
Calling early elections or asking a politician to try to form another government are among President Giorgio Napolitano's options as head of state.
The Presidential Palace said Napolitano would start consulting Friday with political leaders to help him decide
The return of Berlusconi perhaps?
Can Berlusconi come back in power?
This might answer both our questions. No press bias in this story. /s
How many governments have they had now since WWII, a couple thousand?
He’ll probably moulder in the UN.
Bring back Berlusconi!
Yes Berlosconi can run if the President calls a snap election. His party is ahead in the polls right now. The President however may opt to creat a caretaker govt for a period of time.
61 - but still that’s quite a few. Berlusconi’s latest gov’t was the longest serving since WWII IIRC.
Can we PC-say “Wop goes the wed weasel?”
If not, try “Pop goes the weasel” and he’s still a Moscow red and now identified as a KGB agent of influence, to boot.
He might but the timing may not be very good:
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