Romano Prodi is withdrawing from politics

On March 9th, Romano Prodi announced his resignation from Italian political life. Edmondo Berselli looks back on the career of the man who, twice head of government, never managed to reach the end of his mandate. "Barely two years have passed since his last electoral campaign against Silvia Berlusconi. Everything at the time seemed to promise him and his coalition, great success and confidence in governing for a long time. Nothing has happened as expected. The success was wobbly. The government experience has come to a bad end and Prodi has swiftly found himself brushed aside. He was eclipsed by the leader of the Democrat Party Walter Veltroni. ... It is true that 'Prodism' was ... above all an alternative to 'Berlusconism'. Facing the hedonism of the centre-right, Prodi offered a certain sense of ethics, civic spirit and respect."

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