Italians are thrust back into political incertitude

Jürg Bischoff thinks Prodi is not to blame for the crisis in Italy: "Neither the clever media czar Berlusconi nor the serious professor Prodi has proven willing or able to overcome the inertia of the political caste, so as to give the Second Republic a functioning form. Thus the parliament, government, administration and justice have sunk deeper each day into the same old party squabbles and the lethargy of the status quo. People have lost all respect for state institutions; frustration about politics has led to utter disdain for politicians. Pessimists already are warning that Italian bitterness toward their politicians also undermines their faith in democracy, and could reawaken the longing for a strong man, a 'Duce,' as in the political turmoil of the 1920s."

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