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4 Mar 2013
New election might be called if Italy’s political gridlock continues
As the Eurogroup meeting kicks off in Brussels fresh information on the post-electoral turmoil in Italy is hitting the wires. Center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani imposed an ultimatum on the head of the 5-Star Movement Beppe Grillo, saying that unless he backs a temporary government, a new election would be called.
“He heads a movement that has a third of the Chamber, he needs to decide what he will do or we will all be sent packing, including Grillo,” Bersani said in an interview for the Italian television RAI.
He also said that he rejects both the possibility of building another technocrat government, similar to that of Mario Monti’s, or forming a grand coalition with the center-right People of Freedom party led by Silvio Berlusconi. Italian president Giorgio Napolitano expressed his reluctance towards calling a new election as the constitution does not allow him to dissolve parliament just before his term of office terminates on May 15.
“He heads a movement that has a third of the Chamber, he needs to decide what he will do or we will all be sent packing, including Grillo,” Bersani said in an interview for the Italian television RAI.
He also said that he rejects both the possibility of building another technocrat government, similar to that of Mario Monti’s, or forming a grand coalition with the center-right People of Freedom party led by Silvio Berlusconi. Italian president Giorgio Napolitano expressed his reluctance towards calling a new election as the constitution does not allow him to dissolve parliament just before his term of office terminates on May 15.