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Berlusconi to resign

Jayhawker Soule

Jayhawker Soule

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From CNN
Italy's Berlusconi to resign as prime minister, president says​

Rome (CNN) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he will step down after the next budget is approved by parliament, a statement from the president's office said Tuesday.

The news came hours after Berlusconi's government passed a key budget vote in the lower house, but fell eight votes short of a parliamentary majority.
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Good.
 
sandandfoam

sandandfoam

Veteran Member
Jayhawker Soule said:
Good.
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I'm not a fan of Berlusconi, far from it.
But this is troubling. I am here watching a current affairs program on the telly and the suggestion has been made by an economics lecturer from TCD that the ECB had a hand in Berlusconi's downfall.
If that is true it is deeply worrying.
 
Panda

Panda

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Premium Member
I liked him in a strange way. Glad he was never in charge of my country though.
 
Flankerl

Flankerl

Well-Known Member
Dont celebrate so soon. That man was prime minister from 94-95, 2001-2006 and 2008-now.
Italians tend to elect him again and again.


And at the end of the day Italy is still Italy.
 
Caladan

Caladan

Agnostic Pantheist
Jayhawker Soule said:
Rome (CNN) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he will step down after the next budget is approved by parliament, a statement from the president's office said Tuesday.

The news came hours after Berlusconi's government passed a key budget vote in the lower house, but fell eight votes short of a parliamentary majority.
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It still remains to be seen how Italy (and the EU!) will deal with the country's bond yields surge.
 
Flankerl

Flankerl

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The debt is italys smallest problem. The laws which Berlusconi will still be there. All his people are in important positions. The overall system will still be corrupt and inefficient.

So he wont be premier anymore. That wont stop him from having the power.

Also the poor ones who'll hold the office till the next election wont win the next one.
 
Caladan

Caladan

Agnostic Pantheist
Flankerl said:
The debt is italys smallest problem. The laws which Berlusconi will still be there. All his people are in important positions. The overall system will still be corrupt and inefficient.

So he wont be premier anymore. That wont stop him from having the power.

Also the poor ones who'll hold the office till the next election wont win the next one.
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Berlusconi did place all his playmates in strategical positions. pun intended...
however, when European nations such as Greece, Portugal and Ireland were at the stage Italy is, we now call it the point of no return.
we all saw a short time ago Merkel's and Sarkozy's non verbal communication about Berlusconi's comments to the press.
 
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