Do you think Romano Prodi will govern 5 years in Italy with his coalition?
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Given the way Italian coalition governments tend to operate, I'll be surprised if he lasts for *one* year.\n\nSilvio Berlusconi is the exception to the rule, and a lot of his success has been involving adroit political maneuvering.  I don't think Prodi has the capability to follow Berlusconi's methods.  And with the likelihood of this being a razor-thin margin means the slightest real upset could very easily force the government to call for new elections.  Italian governments are not known for their stability.
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Not that it matters because he can't ever run again but NO.  Frankly, I don't think we should stick with one guy or one party for too long.  It's a bad idea.  If we change things up, we make sure that in the long run, every thing balances out and we don't become a country ruled by only one ideology.  No one has time to grab enough control to make everyone else miserable for the rest of eternity! :)
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i hate to say it, but i honestly think its going to be unlikely that usa moves on, given that we're in the group of death... ghana, czech republic, and italy... i think italy & czech republic will move on...
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I too have seen these advertisements in USA Today etc. and have wondered the same thing.  The question is whether you think the Iraqi government/economy will be prospering in the next 5 to 10 years.  I don't think so.
425509
don't think so...\nhope Italy does!
965267
Would you honestly want Shrubby in for longer? Eight years is eight years too much for him. If they had more, it would almost be like a Dictatorship.
800831
It isn't realistic. There will always be right wingers and left wingers. However a new middle party is a good idea.
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With the recent elections Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa has been sworn in as Minister of Economy:\n\nTommaso Padoa-Schioppa is Senior Fellow of the Institute of International Affairs (Rome) \nand President of Notre Europe (Paris). He was a member of the Executive Board of the \nEuropean Central Bank from 1998 until May 2005. Before joining the European Central Bank, Mr Padoa-Schioppa served as the \nDirector-General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the Commission of the European \nCommunities (1979-83), Deputy Director General of Banca d’Italia (1984-97) and Chairman \nof Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (1997-98). He has served in a leadership capacity on various European and international committees, \nincluding as Joint Secretary to the Delors Committee for the study of European Economic \nand Monetary Union (1988-89); Chairman of the Banking Advisory Committee of the \nCommission of the European Communities (1988-91); of the Working Group on Payment \nSystems of the Central Banks of the European Community (European Monetary Institute) \n(1991-95); of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision (1993-97); of the European \nRegional Committee of IOSCO (1997-98); of the FESCO (Forum of the European Securities \nCommissions) (1997-98); of the G10 Committee on Payments and Settlement Systems \n(2000-05). Mr Padoa-Schioppa is a member of the Group of Thirty since 1979. He is President of the \nInternational Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (Geneva), member of the Advisory \nBoard of the Institute for International Economics (IIE, Washington DC), and Senior Adviser \nand Advisory Board member of Promontory Financial Group, LLC. He graduated from the Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, in 1966 and received a Master \nof Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds five honorary \ndegrees. He is the author of numerous books and articles. He is Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica Italiana.
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It is going to be impossible to protect the borders. We can only put a token force there as we are busy fighting a useless war in Iraq. Rome collapsed when the governing body decided to try to legislate morality, oh we are doing that to. I wonder at my age if I can learn to speak Chinese.
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keep in mind, the president has a 5 year period.\ntoday, it is much better.
327346
2 years.\nThere is no limit to how many times they can be re-elected.
979462
not likely at all.  remember, this trial has supposedly been conducted by the iraqis, so why would the italian government's opinion have anything to do with it?
1049842
The only problem with it is that Condi doesn't have the political backing in the party to pull it off.  Why put up a candidate that doesn't have a chance?  Great premise though.  Let me know when the book comes out.
403015
i don't like conservative governments..we already have 2 very stupid conservative governments that are about to start the 3rd world war ( US and Iran) .... i don't think he is going to be a good prime minister although i should admit he is very cute!...anyways,,,i think in case of war he will send our troops to the war zone...and this could cost us a lot! not only tax money,,,but this will improve the risk of terrorist attacks on Canada
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Giuliano C I totally agree with you, but unfortunately nothing will stop them!!! I don't even want to think about when we win the World Cup, they'll be talking about the Italians until 2010....Unbelievable!!
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i know he will. \ni still WantSum..\nafter he eats at the table, hell want to eat at the Y all night long!waterfront in little italy anyone?
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hopefully ITALIA.....