[nothingnew]

Berlusconi leads the first Italian government that an American of Italian heritage can be proud of!

I agree. There are a few things I disagree with Burlesconi about, but for the most part, I admire him. I'm rather challenged about Italian history. They do seem to have a lot of "regime" changes for the past 50 years...anyone want to help me on that?

FMCDH

[July 4th]

They do seem to have a lot of "regime" changes for the past 50 years...anyone want to help me on that?

It's just the way the government is set up. All of the little coalitions give a lot of power to small groups. A minor party that leaves the coalition can collapse the government. It's not that they have a "regime" change, it's just that they need to have new elections every time the parliamentary coalition collapses. I think the average is about every 10 months.