Posted on 10/26/2011 12:26:26 PM PDT by dynachrome
Italian deputies exchanged blows in parliament on Wednesday as tensions over a tough economic reform program came to a head.
At least two deputies from the Northern League, a member of the ruling center-right coalition, fought with members from the opposition FLI party of speaker Gianfranco Fini. Two deputies grabbed each other by the throat as other parliamentarians rushed to separate them.
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Bad things are on the way, and no one will be beyond their reach.
Just a little fun story of the Italian parlaiment.
Italy is just another Yugoslavia.
After reading about the unification of the peninsula, I am surprised that it managed this long. If the nation survives this, it would be an achievement.
Ahh the glory that is Rome
Hey, now! What do these guys think they are? Taiwanese?
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