Tag: Pier Luigi Bersani

• Friday, April 19th 2013 - 02:35 UTC

  Italy’s political stalemate extends to the election of a new president

  

  Italy's parliament failed to elect a new state president in the first two votes on Thursday with a centre-left rebellion against leader Pier Luigi Bersani torpedoing his official candidate and prolonging a political stalemate.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 00:26 UTC

  Italy’s Bersani insists in refusing a “grand coalition’ with his arch rival Berlusconi

  

  Italian centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani confirmed he would meet his centre-right rival Silvio Berlusconi soon, but held out little hope of a breakthrough in the political stalemate since February's inconclusive election.

• Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 09:40 UTC

  “Only a mentally ill would want to govern Italy now” says frustrated Bersani

  

  The head of Italy's centre-left bloc has hit an impasse in his efforts to form a government and said only a mentally ill person would want to govern Italy now. Pier Luigi Bersani was rebuffed by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement on Wednesday.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:53 UTC

  Italian political deadlock could force another ballot by early June

  

  Italian President Giorgio Napolitano appealed to political leaders to work together to form a government, but his appeal fell on deaf ears and pressure grew for a new poll after last month's deadlocked election. The situation is dominated by the ‘Grilusconi’ phenomenon which mustered a 55% protest vote.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 08:12 UTC

  Italy rejects EU sponsored austerity measures leaves country in political deadlock

  

  Italy faced political deadlock on Tuesday after a stunning election that saw the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo become the strongest party in the country and left no political group with a clear majority in parliament. The protest vote is also a clear signal of the failure of the EU-German sponsored austerity measures which were implemented by the government of the non-elected technocrat government of Mario Monti.