Some news dedicated to all italians that tried to access "down because too much trafic / our boss is getting kicked out by the people" italian media websites ;-)
"ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Italian center-left candidate Romano Prodi is slightly ahead of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary exit poll results.
Prodi's coalition took between 50 and 54 percent of the vote in both the upper and lower chambers of parliament, the exit polls showed Monday.
Berlusconi's center-right coalition received between 45 and 49 percent of the vote.
Official results from balloting Sunday and Monday are expected later in the day. Polls close at 3 p.m. (9 a.m. ET, 2 p.m. GMT) Monday.
Berlusconi and Prodi -- who defeated Berlusconi once before in in 1996 -- have been battling to win a majority of seats in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies, or lower house, and the 315-seat Senate.
Most of the political parties have aligned themselves with either Berlusconi's conservative Casa delle Liberta (House of Freedoms) coalition, or Prodi's center-left Unione (Union). Voters are casting ballots for parties, not individuals.
Berlusconi, a fiery politician who has held office for five years, is the longest-serving leader in post-war Italy. He has said that if Italians vote for the coalition represented by Prodi, they will be voting for communists. Berlusconi has promised voters lower taxes and higher pensions.
Prodi, who is serious to the point where he is viewed as almost dull by some, has vowed to jump-start Italy's economy, which had zero growth in 2005. He blames the country's financial woes on the current government's poor economic policies. Prodi has promised to cut labor costs. He once headed the European Union's executive body, the European Commission."
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/10/italy.elections/index.html
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Prodi ahead of Berlusconi in vote
Apr 10, 2006 @ 18:32
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Some news dedicated to all italians that tried to access "down because too much trafic / our boss is getting kicked out by the people" italian media websites ;-)
"ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Italian center-left candidate Romano Prodi is slightly ahead of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary exit poll results.
Prodi's coalition took between 50 and 54 percent of the vote in both the upper and lower chambers of parliament, the exit polls showed Monday.
Berlusconi's center-right coalition received between 45 and 49 percent of the vote.
Official results from balloting Sunday and Monday are expected later in the day. Polls close at 3 p.m. (9 a.m. ET, 2 p.m. GMT) Monday.
Berlusconi and Prodi -- who defeated Berlusconi once before in in 1996 -- have been battling to win a majority of seats in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies, or lower house, and the 315-seat Senate.
Most of the political parties have aligned themselves with either Berlusconi's conservative Casa delle Liberta (House of Freedoms) coalition, or Prodi's center-left Unione (Union). Voters are casting ballots for parties, not individuals.
Berlusconi, a fiery politician who has held office for five years, is the longest-serving leader in post-war Italy. He has said that if Italians vote for the coalition represented by Prodi, they will be voting for communists. Berlusconi has promised voters lower taxes and higher pensions.
Prodi, who is serious to the point where he is viewed as almost dull by some, has vowed to jump-start Italy's economy, which had zero growth in 2005. He blames the country's financial woes on the current government's poor economic policies. Prodi has promised to cut labor costs. He once headed the European Union's executive body, the European Commission."
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/10/italy.elections/index.html
HobbesApr 10, 2006 @ 18:32
"ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Italian center-left candidate Romano Prodi is slightly ahead of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary exit poll results.
Prodi's coalition took between 50 and 54 percent of the vote in both the upper and lower chambers of parliament, the exit polls showed Monday.
Berlusconi's center-right coalition received between 45 and 49 percent of the vote.
Official results from balloting Sunday and Monday are expected later in the day. Polls close at 3 p.m. (9 a.m. ET, 2 p.m. GMT) Monday.
Berlusconi and Prodi -- who defeated Berlusconi once before in in 1996 -- have been battling to win a majority of seats in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies, or lower house, and the 315-seat Senate.
Most of the political parties have aligned themselves with either Berlusconi's conservative Casa delle Liberta (House of Freedoms) coalition, or Prodi's center-left Unione (Union). Voters are casting ballots for parties, not individuals.
Berlusconi, a fiery politician who has held office for five years, is the longest-serving leader in post-war Italy. He has said that if Italians vote for the coalition represented by Prodi, they will be voting for communists. Berlusconi has promised voters lower taxes and higher pensions.
Prodi, who is serious to the point where he is viewed as almost dull by some, has vowed to jump-start Italy's economy, which had zero growth in 2005. He blames the country's financial woes on the current government's poor economic policies. Prodi has promised to cut labor costs. He once headed the European Union's executive body, the European Commission."
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/10/italy.elections/index.html
HobbesApr 10, 2006 @ 18:32
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Apr 10, 2006 @ 18:38
thanks to Hobbes for posting, I have been trying v.v.hard to find something on the web but italian newsservice are strangely down.
Well ... it's too early to say it .. but it seems that all the "coglioni" went to vote?
Val - holding my breath till I hear the final result
Well ... it's too early to say it .. but it seems that all the "coglioni" went to vote?
Val - holding my breath till I hear the final result
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thanks to Hobbes for posting, I have been trying v.v.hard to find something on the web but italian newsservice are strangely down.
Well ... it's too early to say it .. but it seems that all the "coglioni" went to vote?
Val - holding my breath till I hear the final result
Hoiling, Apr 10, 2006 @ 18:38
Well ... it's too early to say it .. but it seems that all the "coglioni" went to vote?
Val - holding my breath till I hear the final result
Hoiling, Apr 10, 2006 @ 18:38
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