Italy’s coalition-building runs into trouble
Silvio Berlusconi, as ever, is a problem
It looked as if it was going to be simple. Voters last month handed the right its first clear parliamentary majority since 2008. And since the Brothers of Italy (FdI) party won far more votes and seats than the other parties in the conservatives’ alliance, it was clear that its leader, Giorgia Meloni, would be prime minister. All they had to do was share the spoils of victory: the cabinet posts and speakerships.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Not so easy”
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