Can Berlusconi return to power?

Whether it's Berlusconi or Veltroni who wins, according to Wieland Schneider, neither will be able to guide the country out of its present social crisis. "Economic growth is stagnating at around zero percent and inflation is at its highest level in over ten years. The price of food and other everyday goods has risen and the budgets of many families are getting tighter. ... Powerful unions that block reforms, an overblown yet inefficient state administration and widespread cronyism - all these things represent an additional burden for this already exhausted country. And there's no help to be expected from the politicians because they're part of the system. ... There's still no sign of an end to Italy's downward spiral."

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