Berlusconi in talks with the extreme right

In the run-up to the April 9 legislative elections, Marcello Sorgi analyses the possible consequences of the electoral law reinstating proportional representation that Silvio Berlusconi succeeded in getting approved and which gives extremists a voice [in government]. In order to win, the head of the Italian government needs the votes of the party of Alessandra Mussolini, the granddaughter of 'Il Duce', whose ranks include notorious neo-fascists. A situation that the editorial writer considers dangerous. "Day after day we are counting the costs of proportional representation. The weight of the parties is growing before our eyes, but individual interests are hard to reconcile with those of coalitions which, to remain afloat, will have to plug up the breaches that are sure to open."

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