Chris Hanretty

'government' Category

• May

  12

  2008

  Berlusconi IV: under-secretaries announced

  PRESIDENZA DEL CONSIGLIO:
  Maurizio BALOCCHI (Semplificazione normativa) – Lega Nord
  Paolo BONAIUTI (Editoria) – Forza Italia
  Michela Vittoria BRAMBILLA (Turismo) – Forza Italia
  Aldo BRANCHER (Federalismo) – Forza Italia
  Rocco CRIMI (Sport) – Forza Italia
  Carlo Amedeo GIOVANARDI (Famiglia, droga e Servizio civile) – Liberali
  Gianfranco MICCICHÈ (CIPE) – Forza Italia
  AFFARI ESTERI
  Stefania Gabriella Anastasia CRAXI – Forza Italia
  Alfredo MANTICA – Alleanza Nazionale
  Enzo [...]

  posted in appointments, berlusconi, government, italy by Chris

• May

  08

  2008

  Berlusconi IV: here we go again

  For the fourth time in fourteen years, Berlusconi has met with the President of the Republic and been asked to form a government. He’s broken with precedence, and instead of accepting the post with riserva (that is, whilst awaiting the other parties’ agreement on the composition of the government), has presented a list of ministers [...]

  posted in berlusconi, government, italy by Chris

• Apr

  09

  2008

  Pork-barrel politics

  Okay, it refers to the First Republic, but this paper by Miriam Golden and Lucio Picci is excellent. Bottom line: more important government deputies got more pork; parties were unable to steer resources to districts in which they were marginal.
  Does this pattern continue today? Probably. In the face-to-face debate in 2006, one of the most [...]

  posted in academia, government, italy by Chris

• Jul

  27

  2006

  Prodi lives to fight another day

  Two sighs of relief for the Prodi government. First, the Senate approves the Italian mission to Afghanistan after the government made it a vote of confidence. Second, the Camera approves by the required two-thirds majority amnesties for certain crimes – and the minister who opposed it, Antonio Di Pietro, doesn’t resign.
  Members of the centre-right had [...]

  posted in government, italy, prodi by Chris