Crisis of government in Italy

In an interview with Gerhard Mumelter, Stefano Folli, former editor in chief of the Corriere della Sera, expresses his doubts that a grand coalition is the solution to the current crisis in Italy: "This would have been more feasible immediately after the elections than it is now. After all, the elections did produce two blocks of almost equal strength. Now the left would regard a grand coalition as a defeat. I don't think that would be a solution. A more promising alternative is an institutional government under the Chairman of the Senate that agrees on a few points of policy and whose term in office is limited to a year… But the main thing now is to pass new electoral laws. Without laws preventing the fragmentation of the political constellation and ensuring political change with reasonable majorities, new elections are pointless."

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