Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Italian 'Farce' as Premier Berlusconi Doesn't Resign

The scotsman
Italian 'Farce' as Premier Berlusconi Doesn't Resign
Political confusion deepened in Rome tonight when Italian premier Silvio 
Berlusconi contradicted earlier expectations that he was about to resign and 
form a new government by saying he had not stepped down.
Berlusconi had been expected to make the move to strengthen his conservative 
coalition.
After an earlier emergency meeting of coalition leaders in Rome, Foreign 
Minister Gianfranco Fini had told reporters that Berlusconi would resign. 
The offer was expected to come when Berlusconi met President Carlo Azeglio 
Ciampi this evening.
 But after meeting the president, Berlusconi said he had not resigned, news 
agencies reported.
Asked by reporters if he had handed in his resignation during the talks, 
Berlusconi responded "No", the ANSA news agency reported.
Berlusconi was quoted as saying he would explain the situation in 
parliament, but it was unclear when he would do so.
The confusion immediately prompted outrage from the opposition centre-left.
Piero Fassino, leader of the Democratic Party of the Left, spoke of "a 
crisis that is being transformed into an indecent farce".
He added: "With his behaviour, the premier is making a mockery of his 
coalition, the institutions and the whole country at once," he said.
Berlusconi had been under pressure from his allies to resign since the 
coalition lost 11 of the 13 regions that were up for grabs in elections 
April 3-4.
Last week, a key centrist party headed by deputy premier Marco Follini 
pulled its ministers out of the Cabinet and demanded that Berlusconi form a 
fresh government with a new platform.
Follini today renewed his commitment to a new Berlusconi government, and 
Berlusconi made the "ensuing decision to hand in his resignation to the head 
of state," the foreign minister said after the meeting of coalition leaders.
Resigning and immediately forming a new government is a tactic that has been 
used often by Italian premiers to strengthen faltering coalitions. 
Berlusconi had resisted the move, dismissing it as a remnant of Italy's 
messy political past.
Once the premier hands in a resignation, it is up to the president to decide 
whether to ask Berlusconi - or another candidate - to form a new government, 
or else dissolve parliament and call early elections.
If a political agreement has been reached among majority forces, the 
president is expected to go along with it.
Berlusconi's coalition took power in 2001 and the premier hoped the 
government would become the first in post-war Italy to serve out the full 
five-year term.
After the centre-right's collapse in the regional vote, Berlusconi had 
proposed a Cabinet reshuffle and a revised programme to relaunch the 
coalition ahead of the general election next year.
The proposal was rejected by Follini's party, the Union of Christian 
Democrats, or UDC.
The conservatives suffered another setback today as they appeared to be 
losing in a local election held in the southern Basilicata region for the 
past two days.
Projections showed the incumbent centre-left candidate was well ahead of his 
centre-right opponent, news agencies reported

Ralph Barker ha scritto:
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E'ARRIVATO ANCHE IL FESSO CHE PARLA INGLESE...
OE' SIAMO IN ITALIA MICA IN INGHILTERRA!!!!
VORREI VEDERE SE VENISSI DA VOI A PARLARE LA LINGUA PADANA
COSA DIRESTE...
SCEMO


Con gente come te è inutile parlare, visti i toni.


La lingua inglese č parlata da circa un miliardo di persone nel mondo.
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Tranquillo i veri veneti non sono cosi' ..........................gli brucia 
ancora che non hanno preso Zaia come vicepresidente............... che mal 
de cul....................... (come si dice dalle nostre parti) 

 OE' SIAMO IN ITALIA MICA IN INGHILTERRA!!!!
Credo che la quotazione era dallo "Scotsman".
(giornale un po conservatorie della scozia).
Voi leghisti dovrei esserci i primi da riconoscere la differenza fra 
ighilterra e la scozia.

 ighilterra e la scozia.
seeeee.... Roger vabbe' che sei inglese ma ormai dovresti conoscere i 
patani...
sanno leggere a malapena le scritte sui cartelli stradali figurati se 
sanno di geografia 


Beh, ho gia capito che 'sa nenta' della storia celtico :-)

 SCEMO
PLONK!
avanti un'altro...
BJ


non lo ammetteranno mai ma non sanno nemmeno come mai e' uscita fuori 
sta storia del celti... lo dice Bossi e loro gli van dietro 

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I toni adeguati ad un leghista.
Se poi non vuoi parlare togliti dai coglioni.....


Ho diversi amici veneti e confermo che non sono cosě :-)