Tag Archives: Italian election 2013
Parliamentary elections took place in Italy on February 24 and 25, 2013. The left wing Partito Democrático won a majority in the Chamber of Deputies were all 630 seats were contested. Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Il Popolo della Libertà and its right wing allies won a plurality of the 315 elective Senate seats. Incumbent premier Mario Monti failed to win reelection on behalf of a coalition of centrist parties.
| Il Popolo della Libertà 22.3% | 27.4% Partido Democrático |
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Deadlock Looms After Italians Return Divided Parliament
Italy faces political paralysis as neither the left nor the right wins an absolute majority.
Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's right wing coalition emerged from Italy's two day election with a plurality of the seats in the Senate while the left wing Partito Democrático and its allies took control of the lower house of parliament. The southern European country that just over…
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Italy’s Left Struggles to Take Control of Legislature
Italy’s left wing parties are ahead in the polls but may fall short of a majority.
Although Italy's largest left wing party is expected to emerge with a plurality of the votes from Sunday's and Monday's election, it will likely struggle to take a majority in the upper chamber of parliament where centrist parties…
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South Tyrolean Separatists Reject Left Wing Alliance
German speaking populists in Italy’s far north criticize an election pact with the left.
When Italians elect a new parliament later this month, a German speaking minority in the far north of the country will be contemplating secession. As in other wealthy regions in Europe, inhabitants of South Tyrol feel that they're unfairly paying for the revitalization of…
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British, Germans Fear Italians to Return Berlusconi
The German finance minister urges Italians not to “repeat the error” of voting for Berlusconi.
The German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble was quoted on Friday as saying that Silvio Berlusconi's return to the premiership…
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Berlusconi Makes Italians Offer They Can’t Refuse
The former premier promises Italians tax relief and surges in preelection polls.
Italy's right wing leader Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised sweeping tax reductions if his party is elected to government later this month. Notably, he advocated the elimination of a hated property tax implemented by…
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Italy’s Left Rules Out Centrist Coalition After Election
Italy’s left wing leaders do not intended to prop up another Mario Monti government.
Italy's left wing leader Pier Luigi Bersani on Thursday dismissed the possibility of breaking his alliance with smaller Green and socialist parties in favor of a centrist coalition that includes the supporters of incumbent prime minister Mario Monti's…