struggle

The Berlusconi press conference earlier this evening: of course he does not accept a victory of Unione. He questions the results, he stresses the irresponsibility of Prodi’s claim to victory, and he embarks on a set of philosophical reflections of what is means to govern a country in with a 50/50 split in political tendencies… (an interesting timing for such reflections… or does he mean to imply that none of those reflections hold when there is a bit more of a difference…). One after the other commentators connected to the Casa di Libertà speak of the problems with the electoral system, also an interesting twist after it was Berlusconi who changed the electoral system some months ago, in a desperate attempt to make it work in his advantage. Meanwhile, the struggle for the definition of the situation continues….