Tag: politica
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Italian politics shaken up by crew of new legislators
By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report
The 27-year-old elevator salesman without a single day of experience in political office arrived in the Italian capital this month with 162 other freshman legislators from the Five Star Movement — a Web-based force whose success in recent elections has the newcomers suddenly bidding arrivederci to politics as usual in Italy.
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In Italy, former communist emerges as front-runner in next month’s elections
By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report
ROME — At the tender age of 12, Pier Luigi Bersani led his fellow altar boys in a strike against their parish priest to win back tips from Easter services. Today, the former communist turned friend of the free market is poised to face a far greater challenge: saving the world’s eighth-largest economy. (altro…)