After the first part, here comes the second part of my guide to Italian politics for confused foreigners.
Making sense of Italian Politics – Part 2: Is there life after Berlusconi?
First, let’s make something clear. Despite what Berlusconi might say in some of his in-famous jokes, Italian Communists don’t eat children. In fact, we barely have any communists left. Kissinger’s “favourite communist”, as President of the Republic, has been responsible for brokering the premiership of Mario Monti, with the clear intention of leading Italy on a path toward the liberal economic reforms demanded by Europe and by the markets. Several ex-communists and plenty of ex-socialists joined Forza Italia, Berlusconi’s first party, in 1994. As of 2007, the larger centre-left party in Italy doesn’t even have the word “Left” in its name. It is simply called the “Democratic Party” (PD).
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