prodi is finished

[Dream Academy]

Seguire attentamente le istruzioni:
1) Create un file qualsiasi
2) Chiamatelo «Prodi»
3) Buttatelo nel cestino
4) Cliccate su «Svuota il cestino». Comparirà la schermata di conferma eliminazione file, che chiede: «Eliminare definitivamente Prodi?»
5) Adesso potete rispondere «Sì».
Non serve a niente, ma aiuta a iniziare bene la giornata

From tomorrow no need to repeat this procedure.

[tuscanhills]

..................oh yes there is!

Repeat for a few months.......then hold a new election, then re-elect Prodi (plus ca change!?!?)

[Nielo]

Originally Posted by adriatica

... by the end of today we will see if they are men of honour.....

...

Well, it would seem they were men of honour after all

[tuscanhills]

So it's only been 9 months (or so!). I guess that this puts Prodi in a pretty poor position on the 'leader board':

• From - To (Prime Minister) Days
• 13 July 1946 - 02 August 1953 (Alcide De Gasperi) 2577
• 11 June 2001 - 17 May 2006 (Silvio Berlusconi) 1801
• 04 December 1963 - 24 June 1968 (Aldo Moro) 1664
• 04 August 1983 - 17 April 1987 (Bettino Craxi) 1352
• 29 July 1976 - 04 August 1979( Giulio Andreotti) 1101
• 26 July 1960 - 21 June 1963 (Amintore Fanfani) 1060
• 22 July 1989 - 24 April 1992 (Giulio Andreotti) 1007
• 17 May 1996 - 21 October 1998 (Romano Prodi) 887
• 06 July 1955 - 15 May 1957 (Antonio Segni) 679
• 23 November 1974 - 29 July 1976 (Aldo Moro) 614
• 12 December 1968 - 01 August 1970 (Mariano Rumor) 597
• 06 August 1970 - 17 February 1972 (Emilio Colombo) 560
• 21 October 1998 - 25 April 2000 (Massimo D'Alema) 552
• 28 June 1981 - 01 December 1982 (Giovanni Spadolini) 521
• 10 February 1954 - 02 July 1955 (Mario Scelba) 507
• 17 February 1972 - 07 July 1973 (Giulio Andreotti) 506
• 07 July 1973 - 23 November 1974 (Mariano Rumor) 504
• 17 January 1995 - 17 May 1996 (Lamberto Dini) 486
• 13 April 1988 - 22 July 1989 (Ciriaco De Mita) 465
• 04 August 1979 - 18 October 1980 (Francesco Cossiga) 441
• 25 April 2000 - 11 June 2001 Giuliano Amato) 412
• 15 February 1959 - 23 March 1960 (Antonio Segni) 402
• 28 April 1993 - 10 May 1994 (Carlo A Ciampi) 377
• 28 June 1992 - 28 April 1993 (Giuliano Amato) 304
• 17 May 2006 - 21 February 2007 (Romano Prodi) 280
• 28 July 1987 - 13 April 1988 (Giovanni Goria) 260
• 18 October 1980 - 28 June 1981 (Arnaldo Forlani) 253
• 10 May 1994 - 17 January 1995 (Silvio Berlusconi) 252
• 01 December 1982 - 04 August 1983 (Amintore Fanfani) 246
• 01 July 1958 - 15 February 1959 (Amintore Fanfani) 229
• 24 June 1968 - 12 December 1968 (Giovanni Leone) 171
• 21 June 1963 - 04 December 1963 (Giovanni Leone) 166
• 17 August 1953 - 12 January 1954 (Giuseppe Pella) 148
• 25 March 1960 - 26 July 1960 (Fernando Tambroni) 123
• 17 April 1987 - 28 July 1987 (Amintore Fanfani) 102
• 19 May 1958 - 01 July 1958 (Adone Zoli) 43
• 18 January 1954 - 08 February 1954 (Amintore Fanfani) 21

This means that he joins only 19 other Italian PMs to last more than a year in office:

• Giulio Andreotti 4198
• Alcide De Gasperi 2577
• Aldo Moro 2415
• Silvio Berlusconi 1903
• Amintore Fanfani 2640
• Bettino Craxi 1352
• Romano Prodi 784
• Mariano Rumor 906
• Antonio Segni 814
• Giuliano Amato 972
• Emilio Colombo 560
• Massimo D'Alema 552
• Giovanni Spadolini 521
• Mario Scelba 507
• Lamberto Dini 486
• Ciriaco De Mita 465
• Francesco Cossiga 441
• Carlo A Ciampi 377
• Giovanni Leone 431

[adriatica]

today could prove an interesting day in lessons on how to wriggle out of things.... Prodi Bis is the term of the day.... and would mean that the existing government will return to the camera for a vote of confidence and will win and be back in....

what the consensus basically is that this would be legal under the constitution but that in practical terms of running the country very little help as there are two or three critical voting days arriving where the Prodi government does not have the support of its mebers... and so it will all collapse again... indeed if Prodi Bis does arrive it could well be shorter than Prodi 1 st as there has been so much hate generated against various people and institutions here after the vote yesterday...

the communists are the parties calling for Prodi to continue and see no reason for him to resign... they are putting the vote yesterday down to a Vatican plot against Prodi because of the new family law...due to be voted on in the next month... they have also been castigating the senator that voted against the government even though on principle at least e has been consistant in his anti wars...peace stance for a long time... more consistent than a lot of the extreme left that march against Prodi and then go back to parliament and vote with him....

i actually think there will be very little honor displayed today unless the president of the republic insists on it in at least practical terms and says to Prodi enough ... you won the election because you proposed an agenda so wide that all left wing parties thought they could get something out of it but politically the centre left is as far from the extreme left as the right and there is no point in continuing...


apart from that independant polls here show that the country is in favour of Prodi going and elections being called .... by a quite large majority ...and that includes many voters from the centre left and extreme left...

[tuscanhills]

I just read a quote from President Napolitano who declared immediately after the demonstration at Vicenza that “Demonstrations in the street are legitimate but it’s leading you astray to think that they are the salt of democracy.”

...........a man with his finger on the pulse, eh?

[tuscanhills]

So, it seems that Prodi's down, but not out?

There's a 12-point programme, that seems to form the basis of Prodi's cunning plan to retain cross-party support but strangely enough, it includes support for Italy's military presence in Afghanistan; the one thing that sparked the revolt off in the first place!

As President, Napolitano has to decide whether to ask Mr Prodi to form a new government or call fresh elections......it seems we should know more today.

[Dream Academy]

Yes his 12 point plan is his last desperate attempt to avoid going back to the mortadella paninis!!!
What are the first 4?
1.I come back for a while.
2.D'alema takes over
3.Dini does a stunt
4.Elections

Been there seen it and got the T shirt!!!

[giovanni]

Originally Posted by Dream Academy

Yes his 12 point plan is his last desperate attempt to avoid going back to the mortadella paninis!!!
What are the first 4?
1.I come back for a while.
2.D'alema takes over
3.Dini does a stunt
4.Elections

Been there seen it and got the T shirt!!!

Why do i have a sneakey feeling that you are not a prodi fan?

[angelo_mar]

Dream !!!
(or nightmare !!!)

How do y feel being surrounded by Comunists in the Marche area ????
Why don't you leave the our red Marche and go to Northern Italy where you can find plenty of people like you ?

Thanks