A dog's dinner for Romano Prodi; Italy's politics.(Unstable days for Italy's would-be centre-left government)
Economist (US), The, April, 2006
Gloomy conclusions from arguments over the choices for speaker of each of the two houses of parliament
THE first big test of Romano Prodi's ability to govern Italy might be risible were it not so sad. This weekend, a newly elected Senate is setting about choosing Italy's second-ranking official. The speaker of the upper house is also the country's vice-president: he steps in if the head of state cannot perform his duties. The speaker has "hard power", filtering legislation through a chamber that, unusually, has the same clout as the lower house. But he also wields "soft power", as a respected establishment figure with a right to pronounce on the issues of the day.
This time round, the choice of Senate speaker is doubly important. Since the election on...
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