[Excerpt: Berlusconi must now decide whether to try to forge ahead with the remaining coalition partners or enter negotiations with the UDC on the formation of a new administration.....He also could choose to resign and refuse to head a new government. ....If Berlusconi does resign, Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi could either call general elections a year ahead of schedule or attempt to form a non-political government run by technocrats.]
http://64.236.16.116/2005/WORLD/europe/04/15/italy.berlusconi.parties/index.html Allies pull out of Italy coalition Friday, April 15, 2005 Posted: 10:07 AM EDT (1407 GMT) ROME, Italy -- Two Italian political parties have withdrawn from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government after a stinging defeat in regional elections last week. Friday's move by the Union of Christian Democrats (UDC) and the smaller New Italian Socialist Party was an apparent bid to force Berlsuconi to resign and form a new government with different policies. The UDC has four ministers in Berlusconi's coalition, including Deputy Premier Marco Follini and European Affairs Minister Rocco Buttiglione. The Social Party holds two minor government posts, vice-minister for education and undersecretary for infrastructure. "The leadership of the UDC has approved a document to withdraw its team from the government and reiterates that the party secretary should work for the creation of a new government ... headed by Berlusconi," Reuters quoted Buttiglione after a UDC meeting. Berlusconi must now decide whether to try to forge ahead with the remaining coalition partners or enter negotiations with the UDC on the formation of a new administration. He also could choose to resign and refuse to head a new government. If Berlusconi does resign, Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi could either call general elections a year ahead of schedule or attempt to form a non-political government run by technocrats. Berlusconi was elected in 2001 at the head of a four-party coalition, promising to bring if reform to turn around Italy's struggling economy. But the economy has continued to struggle and the government's popularity has been battered. In last week's regional elections, opposition parties gained just over 50 percent of the vote. Copyright 2005 CNN. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
