Such things could soon happen here. The refusal of most European states to cooperate with the new Austrian government which, though legitimately elected, upsets certain vested interests, is one example of the undemocratic turn of events in the Western world. And, as I write, journalists and commentators like the International Herald Tribune s William Pfaff are in a state of apoplexy over the possibility that Italy s Silvio Berlusconi might once again come to power. Like Meciar, Berlusconi was subjected to years of smears and allegations of impropriety resulting in prolonged criminal investigations which, in the end, added up to very little. The dawn raid so sensitively performed on Vladimir Meciar s home could yet happen on this side of the old Iron Curtain if the wrong person is elected.
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