Archive for the ‘Italian election 2006’ Category

April 20th, 2006

The Italian Supreme Court has confirmed that Prodi won and Berlusconi lost. Berlusconi is still crying “fraud,” though his own Interior Minister says otherwise, and demanding a grand coalition government.
Tony Blair has made a congratulatory phone call to the winner. Only three world leaders are encouraging Berlusconi’s tantrum by withholding that routine courtesy: George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, and Pope Benedict XVI.