Chris Hanretty

'follini' Category

• Jul

  31

  2007

  The other electoral initiative

  The campaign to repeal the electoral law passed in 2005 has been hugely successful. But it’s not the only popular initiative aimed at changing the electoral law. Beppe Grillo’s got in on the act.
  Grillo is collecting signatures for three related petitions (which have purely moral force): one to bar convicts from standing for parliament, one [...]

  posted in electoral reform, fini, follini, grillo, italy, preferences by Chris

• Oct

  18

  2006

  Marco Follini leaves the UDC

  Marco Follini, former secretary of the UDC, has decided to leave the party, founding his own group, l’Italia del mezzo.
  This was not unexpected – Follini had left his post as party secretary a while ago, and had carped about his party’s policy and Berlusconi’s leadership of the centre-right. What is surprising, at least to me, [...]

  posted in follini, party systems, udc by Chris