Italia sigue sin gobierno
Genevieve Signoret & Patrick Signoret
A más de 40 días desde las elecciones generales, los principales partidos italianos no han logrado formar una coalición de gobierno, pero el Presidente Napolitano todavía busca una manera de evitar –o posponer– una elección anticipada (Economist). Bersani y Berlusconi se reunieron el martes pero no hablaron sobre una posible coalición gobernante sino sobre el proceso de elección presidencial que comenzará la próxima semana (Reuters). El mandato de Napolitano termina el 15 de mayo. En Italia, es el presidente quien disuelve el parlamento y convoca nuevas elecciones.
Since neither the centre-left led by Pier Luigi Bersani nor the main conservative block led by Silvio Berlusconi can form a majority with any other group in the Senate, only two possible governments remain: a left-right coalition, which Mr Bersani rejects, or a technocratic government supported by both sides, which Mr Berlusconi rejects. This makes an early election likely. But a frustrated Mr Napolitano is trying another idea. On March 30th he set up two working groups to look for a limited programme that both alliances could endorse. The ploy bought time, reassuring markets that he had not despaired of finding a government and helping to bridge the gap until April 18th, when a special assembly will start the process of electing a new president to succeed him.
Italian center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani met his center-right rival Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday to discuss the election for the next president of the Republic, offering hope of a breakthrough in the deadlock left by elections in February.
[…] The election of the next president, to succeed Giorgio Napolitano whose term ends on May 15, is the next big test for the parliament, which is split between the two traditional center-right and center-left blocs as well as the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement.
[…] The vote for the next president will be vital because with his mandate about to expire, Napolitano no longer has the power to dissolve parliament and call new elections and it will be up to his successor to find a way out of the deadlock.