Italy left painful economic reform process? Or go back to old habits wastefulness and inertia? This is a watershed in the parliamentary elections on Sunday and Monday may shape the future of Europe's largest economy, one of the Italian voting shares.
The researchers eu countries and investors are paying close attention to, Italy's decision, made in the next few months promise produce a far-reaching impact on Europe, whether can decisively put out the flame of the financial crisis. In recent years, the Greek trouble enough to trigger a series of market panic. Along with the economic scale of ten times, Greece, Italy is too large a country in Europe and the world, see failure.
Leadership election group, a former communist pier luigi biel SaNi support difficult economic reform plan, the current Mario briant has showed a pragmatic streak. SaNi bell of high-heeled shoes is silvio berlusconi, Italy's debt crisis from the premier league was forced to look for a possible political comeback after the billionaire media tycoon. Briant from financial ruin saved Italy, and wide acclaim, following severe austerity measures caused pain, because the price that he paid.
Then is the wild CARDS: cartoon a politician BEPPE Gerry lo, entrenched political class, the protests against the rally square in Italy has attracted tens of thousands of. If he claimed to political "tsunami" sweep to congress and a large piece of seats, and Italy in the shop can be long-term political confusion, will feel uneasy even when eating and sleeping market.
Vote generally calm. However, when silvio berlusconi polling stations in milan had voted, three women, Shouting "enough silvio berlusconi," take off his sweater, show their chest, and display the slogan is "silvio bastar!" (enough, silvia Mr) is scrawl in their meat. A police blockade line, a former prime minister, has in place before the arrival of the safety stop silvio berlusconi's direct naked upper body's outlook.
The police detained women ask. Italy, news reports said the three men Femen protest group members.
After the vote, silvio berlusconi "exaggeration describes the naked upper body demonstrators, in some conditions beyond reason, we can't do anything," he said.
Although a person's left, bell SaNi oneself have a surprising number of the center-right briant - these two aspects also suggests that the possibility of cooperation in the league. Bell SaNi briant most loyal supporters in parliament respect of economists at the head of a technology bureaucratic government's term of office. And in previous left-center government ministries, bell SaNi hard fight, release the region's economic, energy, insurance and banking services.
But it is not certain, briant will be able to summon up need to bell SaNi Democrats in both houses of parliament a stable majority of the votes.
"After the election, to form a government, a stable parliamentary alliance may prove very tough, jone Ryan said," IHS Global Insight analysts. "A surge in tight against the parties support, improve indecisive election results and exit political instability opportunity."
Another factor is the turnout. Usually about 80% of the 500000 eligible voters to vote, but experts predict, many people will be far away from anger, hurt the mainstream political parties.
The number of the ministry of the interior, the vote vote on Sunday when the end of 55%, more than 7%, lower than in a recent national elections in 2008.
Italian elections are usually held in the spring, draw border, the bad weather in many countries, including in the snow. The rain, the country's prediction on Monday.
Sunday's vote also marked in the three regions, including Italy the most important two fields - lazio region, including the Roman and Lombardy region, milan, Italy's financial center, the capital of the governor and council vote.
Lombardy region in the national vote is considered to help determine the parliament makeup look is very important. Officials say the turnout than cast in these two areas in the past area.
When silvio berlusconi to step down in November 2011, the newspaper writing his political life. Billionaire media tycoon appeared in 76, economic mismanagement of the accused to shame criminal charges and minor prostitutes have sex, as a kind of political power finish.
But berlusconi has proved more than twenty years of time - in Italy political center - he should not be worked it out.
, let him become a competitor in the election campaign of strategy is very simple: please throw around the cash.
Silvio berlusconi has promised an unpopular property tax collection by the briant part of austerity measures. Even if he buys his AC milan football star striker Mario - the ballot, is generally considered as a means to buy tickets. Berlusconi also calls for Italy right before the Italian fascist dictator benito Mussolini in a ceremony to commemorate the Nazi holocaust victims praise.
Recent polls show that bell lead in SaNi has 33% of the votes, 28% of the populist northern league and silvio berlusconi's league. Gerry los five star movement is in an unexpected third place, with about 17% support, and the briant udc slot 13%. COESIS survey of 6212 respondents have a plus or minus 1.2% margin of error.
Pollster reina Joe · mannheim said, in his big customer's election to measure whether hold or sell the Italian bonds of the title of the entry of foreign Banks.
"They worry about is mainly about silvio berlusconi's back," mannheim said.
The uncertainty of the voting results in pushing up the milan stock exchange voting day, hit the borrowing costs, investors concerned, Italy may the retreat of the reform of course to pull the country's economic recession.
Mannheim, many intermediate voters - who account for about one-third of the total number of voters - center-right identity, this may help silvio berlusconi. He said, had not yet decided to vote Gerry los protest movement may also to serious tilt.
Professor in the first candidate briant, but look at uncomfortable recently, the effect of heating. And others, he did not avoid abuse each other, warning that, silvio berlusconi is a "liar" and said his return will be "terrible".
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