Berlusconi clout grows in new government
The Wall Street Journal Europe
16 Aprile 2008
Many now hope his government can make some of the bold moves considered necessary to restart Italy's stalled economy and overhaul its bloated state sector. Italian voters cast off tiny parties, revamp political landscape.
ROME — Behind the voter fatigue and familiar faces, Italy's elections have brought a mini revolution, sweeping the stage clean of numerous tiny parties that have complicated the country's politics for de-cades. As a result, Silvio Berlusconi, whose conservative alliance won by a broad margin on Mon-day, is likely to have enough clout to rule with a decisiveness that eluded past governments— even the ones he headed.
While the departing Parliament …
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