On April 20, 1999 (Saturday), the leaders of the two largest political force in Italy climbed Quirinal, Rome's seven ancient capitals of the highest hills, and begged to stay for a second term by President Giorgio Napolitano.
Pier Luigi Bersani and Berlusconi then to the presidential palace, similar to the principal by the outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti, the boss Roberto Maroni of the Northern Alliance and Italy, the last governor of the scene primary school students to visit the office.
In fact, the first president of the famous Italian politician had pleaded a second term in the history of the Italian service extremely reluctant 87 year's old grandfather decades to see the most volatile and the most stubborn of the depth of the crisis measures unstable even in a country synonymous.
Since the February elections, did not leave enough support to govern alone group, a political disaster after another like a motorway pile final four attempts failed to elect a new president in 1007 "voters" Councils and District.
The impact of political drama far beyond Italy. The euro zone's third largest economy, once barely avoid being sucked into the region's financial crisis. The political deadlock bring new dangers.
The Group's request to fly the face of Napolitano repeated and fierce rejection of the idea, to go back months. His 88th birthday two months time, the former communist looking forward to retirement, playing with his two grandchildren, and take his wife Clio vacation in Capri.
Napolitano is so sure to leave and remove man has removed his personal influence. Quirinal the piedmont teach the Palace hall of events knowledge sources said that his office is so bare, there is not even a laptop, he received the delegation.
Sources said he had told his assistant, the night before, he is expected within a few days to hand over the president.
The end of the presidential election, a two-month deadlock, and install some hope the severe recession critical reforms to deal with Italy's 64th postwar government critical, but politicians can not find a way out of the impasse.
Napolitano finally agreed to again come to the fore, overwhelmingly elected and installed a right - left Major League Enrico Letta in the center-left politicians to end the crisis now.
Although fragile, the government is given a reasonable opportunity to continue for at least a period of time, mainly in order to thank the President for strong protection, his threat to resign if the politicians go back and play the game.
The brink of disaster
Prior to this, he admitted their close is a very united sense of responsibility and patriotism, Italy has come to the brink of disaster.
Gianfranco Pasquino from Bologna's Johns Hopkins University political science professor said, "Napolitano has been decisive. No other president will have sufficient power to impose a government, if it were not for him, we are now a major constitutional crisis.
Napolitano, the phone starts ringing Friday evening of April 19, the sinking of a major rebellion Bersani, the center-left Democratic Party President and former Prime Minister Romano Prodi, his second candidate shortly after , despite a consistent party ticket in a Roman theater only in the morning to support him.
Bersani beat Berlusconi's center-right the whiskers majority of voters after the election in February, but he has lost control of the party, which is close to collapse.
Bersani resignation that night, about 100 "traitors" who opposed the the Prodi railing, and was the first to make a pilgrimage to Napolitano.
Source with knowledge of the meeting say sorry sight to break 贝尔萨尼纳 Napolitano determination not to be undermined. He finally persuaded the request of the governor.
He also worried about the public anger at politicians, the abuse 5 star leader of the populist movement Beppe Grillo driven, likely to become violent.
Napolitano one source described as a "animation" lunch with his wife and 43-year-old son Giulio, finally agreed to remain in 15:00. But the drama is far from over.
Napolitano to The Parliament the inaugural Monday morning, to avoid the normal occasions pomp reserved. He angrily denounced the chastened politicians, accusing them of irresponsible behavior, exploitation and other costs of sterile political struggle.
He said they failed last year, even though he has repeatedly urged the abolition of a flawed electoral law is responsible for the results of the poll is "inexcusable".
Then, his greatest weapon opening, he told them that he would not hesitate to resign, "If I again found itself facing the kind of deafness, I collided in the past."
Surreal scene
The reaction of the members of Congress is a bit short, surrealistic. Bersani, in addition to holding his head in his hands, the rest of the audience responded with warm applause to respond to their punishment.
The amazing scene satirical newspaper La Stampa, columnist Massimo Gramellini, said politicians, such as driving on their shoulders carrying a traffic police after the victory, he gave them a bundle of parking fines.
A political official said that Napolitano's resignation threat, not an empty. "His determination is very strong, if the politicians are laughing at him with their game," he said.
Not long after, Napolitano had to use such weapons.
Two days after his inauguration, he Lai Tati named prime minister, coalition horse trading had trouble with Berlusconi, a dispute over the position of the Minister of Economic Affairs.
Berlusconi want the job to go to his close ally, the Renato Buluneita center-right hardliners, but the center-left against Leta. Political sources said Napolitano pick up the phone and called Berlusconi. A source said, he threatened to resign if the dispute to prevent a government being formed.
Berlusconi acknowledged that allow work to the Bank of Italy Director-General Fabrizio Saccomanni.
Leta focus is to modify the constitutional amendment to skew the electoral law to grant even a slight margin in the lower house of parliament, a huge winner premium. It will be a long process it before it happens Napolitano and his threat to resign or call a new poll has powerful leverage.
Thus, in November 2011, when Napolitano Italian rescued from a dangerous debt crisis with technical experts Mario Monti to replace the infamous Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's fate once again depends on the people affectionately known as "King George."
But deeply uncertain future endless, Italy are men who wanted to know whether he really will be forced to stay a full seven-year term, then he will be 94 in order to keep the euro zone for the first three major economy on track.
 
 



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