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Italian Politics - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 31st Jan, 2008 - 11:06am
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Politics in Italy - Gone Mad?Post Date: 10th May, 2006 - 5:12pm / Post ID: #
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Dead saint? Make him Italy's president
ROME (Reuters) - What do a dead Catholic saint, a rock singer and the daughter of Italy's last king have in common? They are all presidential material -- at least in Italy. With no hope of immediately electing a president, lawmakers have been throwing away votes for the past two days while party leaders negotiate a consensus candidate. A secret ballot has allowed them to get creative.
Ref. https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060510/od_nm/italy_saint_dc
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Post Date: 10th May, 2006 - 10:48pm / Post ID: #
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This is actually pretty funny for those of us outside of Italy. If you are Italian, I would be disturbed by this process and by the fact that so many people are not giving a real vote. You would think they could come up with candidate that the people would actually vote on instead of having to resort to voting for candidates that aren't still alive! 
Edited: konquererz on 10th May, 2006 - 10:58pm
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Ex-communist elected Italian president
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| Italy's parliament has elected a new president, which will bring Romano Prodi one step closer to forming a new government and taking the helm as prime minister. The parliament approved 80-year-old Giorgio Napolitano to be the first member of the former Communist Party to serve as Italy's new president. He is scheduled to be officially sworn in next Monday, May 15. |
https://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/10...dent/index.html
If anything, this had to be stressful on the Italian people while they anxiously waited to find out who would be their next leader.
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Post Date: 24th Jan, 2008 - 7:42pm / Post ID: #
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Italy's PM under pressure to quit
Italian PM Romano Prodi considers whether to resign ahead of a key Senate vote he is expected to lose.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7206040.stm
Post Date: 31st Jan, 2008 - 11:06am / Post ID: #
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Italy moves towards interim rule
The president backs the formation of an interim government after the fall of Romano Prodi's administration.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7218324.stm
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