Main Parties in Italy Hear Alarm Bells After Vote
Wed, 23 May 2012 07:12:37 -0700
The results of local runoff elections across Italy are being widely analyzed not as a measure of what Italians want, but what they no longer care for -- and turnout was low: 51.3 percent.
Read More...Comic Grillo shakes up Italian politics with shock win
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:40:58 -0700
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's political parties had hoped Beppe Grillo would fade away, but the comic who rails against their corruption and ineptitude and says Italy should default on its debt and quit the euro is going from strength to strength. In local elections on Monday, Grillo's Five-Star Movement shook Italian politics by winning control of the northern city of Parma and several smaller towns ...
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