Berlusconi Throws In The "Moppina" genre: Polispeak
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has finally submitted his resignation thereby acknowledging his narrow defeat in the election held last month. Despite resigning, Berlusconi is expected to remain active in Italian politics and will likely make it difficult for incoming Prime Minister Romano Prodi to govern the economically troubled country. Reuters reports the following:
Berlusconi had contested Prodi's razor-thin victory in a national election last month but was forced to concede after lawmakers elected centre-left speakers for parliament at the weekend, showing Prodi can control the assembly with his slim majority.
The resignation marked the end of a turbulent five-year spell as prime minister for the billionaire media magnate who won power promising an economic miracle but instead presided over a long period of stagnation.
It also signaled the start of a swing to the left for the euro zone's third largest economy as Prodi brings to power his cumbersome coalition which ranges from old school communists to Roman Catholic moderates.
Prodi, who won the election by the smallest margin in modern Italian history, welcomed the long-awaited resignation.
Daniel DiRito | May 2, 2006 | 9:13 AM
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