[expatpat]

Italy is one of the few EU countries with a conservative government.

[shaggy eel]

,,, it's also got one of the lowest birthrates in the world, if not the lowest. They'd better get busy with a bit of procreation so they can square off that debt.

[rmmcdaniell]

Italy is one of the few EU countries with a conservative government.

You mean like the free-spending "conservative" Bush?