A new Italy...

It reminds me a song from Andrew Lloyds Webber musical, Evita. The title was "A New Argentina" and referred to Peron ascension to power. Not much changed after that in Argentina and things got from bad to worse between military rulings, lousy presidents, corrupted politician and all the nice things that have happened in recent years in that beautiful country. Let's not forget that Argentinians have Italian blood and this can be something that has screwed up their genes and their way of seeing and perceive their political class. There is something new happening in Italy. Veltroni's DP (Democratic Party) has decided to run the elections by itself, without any allies and without any special election agreements for the Senate. The current system is a mess and only if you have a strong consent you can win. However Veltroni knows that he is gonna loose the election so, why not losing standing alone? He made very clear, yesterday, that the new party doesn't have anything in common with the radical left parties. Once again in a country that aimed to have two main political parties divided between Left and Right, we are going to see the battle of the Centrists. Italy is a centrist, moderate country, and trying to make a distinction between the parties being part of the two different areas is something that can be understood only if you know how dirty politics is in Italy. for a centrist party, the main choice is done according to the seats in Parliament, the number of ministers and Secretaries and Chairmen of public companies. for a foreign observer it might sound quite strange that the former communist Veltroni, keeps distances from Lenin's grandchildren but eyes the centre. Well only understanding what I said above can make things clearer. governments in Italy fal due to the centrist parties, not the extremes. During the legislation going to end on April 13th, the biggest pain in the neck to the Prodi Government were the Christian Democrats not the communist. So, dear Veltroni, I do understand that you want to run alone, launching a challenge for Berlusconi's Forza Italia to do the same but the dwarf is far too interested in getting back to power and he is fishing very little party around to go to power once again. And he will.

I support Veltroni idea but I do not support the distances he is taking from the Reds. I think that the Christian Democrats and the Church manipulating them is far more dangerous than a bunch of nostalgic.