The center-left coalition led by the former European Union commission chairman Romano Prodi has emerged the winner of Italian parliamentary elections held on Sunday and Monday with a razor-thin majority.(For greater clarity, please click the photo by
Mario Rebeschini
In the election for the Lower House (Chamber of Deputies), Prodi’s alliance Unione received 49.8 percent of the vote, just 0.07 percent in front of the Casa delle Libertà (House of Liberties) led by the acting head of the government, Silvio Berlusconi. While a total of 47 million were eligible to vote, Prodi’s numerical advantage over his rival amounted to just 25,000 votes.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/apr2006/ital-a12.shtml
Romano Prodi
http://www.romanoprodi.it
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/apr2006/ital-a12.shtml
Romano Prodi
http://www.romanoprodi.it
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/apr2006/fran-a12.shtml