attempt to transform Italy into a two party system is a total failure
June 23 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s coalition made gains in local elections, a sign that recent personal scandals haven’t damaged his popularity.
Berlusconi’s center-right forces won the elections in 34 provinces while the center-left opposition led by the Democratic Party triumphed in 28 provinces, according to results posted on the Interior Ministry’s Web site. Berlusconi and his allies picked up 25 provinces in the two rounds of voting that finished yesterday compared with the previous vote in 2004.
Berlusconi succeeded in regaining control of the province of Milan, his hometown and Italy’s second-biggest city and financial hub. He already controls Milan’s region of Lombardy, and his former education minister, Letizia Moratti, is the city’s mayor. In municipal elections, the center-right won in 16 cities while the center-left won in 14, losing control of nine cities while succeeding to hold on to Bologna.
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