Italy - Parliamentary Election
This election gives all citizens, regardless of wealth, a fair shot to be heard and participate in every step of the democratic process
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I am very happy to see so many of our young people gneittg involved and exercising their right to vote. My son voted for the first time, and I am very proud that he watched the debates, did some research of his own and voted his conscience, He got involved and that is what is important. Democracy at work.C - Posted on : 20-November-2013
Montis reform path faces test beyond Italy elections Mario Monti declared "mission accomplished" w
Montis reform path faces test beyond Italy elections Mario Monti declared "mission accomplished" when he resigned as Italys prime minister, having seen off the debt crisis that loomed as he took office just over a year ago but 2013 will test whether he has laid the foundations for lasting economic change. Italys outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti looks on during a news conference in Rome December 28, 2012. Monti said on Friday that he would lead a coalition of centrist parties who support his European and reform-minded agenda in the parliamentary election in just two months time. REUTERS/Tony Gentile Elections on February 24-25 will give Italian voters their first chance to decide whether they want to stick to the broad course he has set or turn to a growing chorus of politicians who have attacked his austerity medicine. Montis decision to enter the race himself has put his reform agenda at the heart of the campaign and will have effects far outside Italy, the euro zones third-largest economy, which took the single currency to the brink of collapse last year. Former European Commissioner Monti, favored by the markets, the business establishment and even the Catholic church, has insisted that the election must be about creating agreement on policy rather than on any individual. In that sense, the true test of his success may be not whether he wins a second term but whether he has succeeded in convincing the other parties and the country as a whole to stay with the liberalizing agenda he has laid out. That remains uncertain, despite the plaudits he earned abroad for his handling of the crisis, as ordinary Italians have seen their living standards fall and unemployment rise relentlessly. The centre-left Democratic Party (PD), the favorites to win the election, have supported Monti in parliament and say they will maintain the broad course he has set, while putting more emphasis on growth and helping workers and the poor. But some on the left of the party and among its trade union allies say inequality has risen under Monti. - Posted on : 04-January-2013
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