Excellent editorial by Ilvo Diamanti in today’s Repubblica, which really catches the novelty of this electoral campaign:
For the first time since 1994, we are witnessing a change of tendencies: a change from the coalition to the party, or, at least, to the common list…. The push made by the Partito Democratico has [...]
The Prodi government’s several headaches stemmed from its slender majority in the Senate, where, according to the 2005 electoral system, regional premia make it harder for a nationwide coalition to build a strong majority. In 2006, the left lost out: as its commanding national leader withered in the heat of the campaign, it lost a [...]