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2006-04-11 Europe

Either Berlusconi or Prodi wins Italian election

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Posted by Fred 2006-04-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'll be watching to see if the ground crews start fueling up Peanut One.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-04-11 00:27|| 2006-04-11 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Berlusconi has serious flaws, to say the least, but Prodi embodies everything that is wrong with Europe : socialist, eurabian (Tarik Ramadan was his personal adviser on islam, and IIUC, Bat Ye'or has very harsh words for him in her "Eurabia" book I've yet to receive), and fullforce tranzi.
Needless to say, here the MSM is in Berlu-bashing mode, and fully support Prodi, as he would certainly "bring back Italy into Europe" (read "into France & Germnay 's sphere of influence") and get italian troops out of Iraq.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-04-11 04:39|| 2006-04-11 04:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Slim Prodi win brings Italian uncertainty

ROME - Center-left leader Romano Prodi claimed victory in Italys election on Tuesday but his tiny margin raised fears of political paralysis and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconis allies demanded a review of the count. Prodis alliance won in the lower house and Sky Italia TV projected that it would have a majority of one or two seats in the upper house Senate thanks to votes of Italians abroad that were still being collated. "We can govern for five years," Prodi told reporters. "Of course well need cooperation, but last night I said we would work for all Italians, not just some of them."

However, the victory margin was so slim that the Center-right contested it and markets worried that Prodi would have a hard time enacting badly-needed reforms, cutting Italys debt mountain or tackling its budget deficit. Milans stock market fell more than 1 percent over concern about the political uncertainty. "The threat of a stalemate, the worst possible scenario, has emerged and clouds the future with uncertainty," bank UBM said in a note to clients.

In the lower house Chamber of Deputies Prodis bloc had taken about 49.80 percent of the vote compared with 49.73 percent for Berlusconi. The winning margin was around 25,000 votes, a tiny fraction of the 47 million eligible electors. In the Senate, the Center-left was set to have a one or two seat majority, but definitive results were only expected later on Tuesday as the count of the overseas vote was completed.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-04-11 08:40|| 2006-04-11 08:40|| Front Page Top

#4 To Italy:
Do not let Al Gore into your country until the election is settled.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-04-11 08:53|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-04-11 08:53|| Front Page Top

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