Another Fine Italian Mess

Silvio Berlusconi appears set to become Italy's prime minister for the third time in 13 years. But, as Europe presses ahead with reform, the question for Italy is whether smoke and mirrors is all its politics have to offer.

ROME – A game of smoke and mirrors: this is how Italy’s current electoral campaign appears – both to Italians and the wider world. Of course, there is nothing new in this: Italy’s political dynamics have always baffled participants and observers alike. That a small centrist party may now get the courts to postpone the election merely adds to the usual confusion.

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