Judging by past experience the Left will probably find a way to undermine its own narrow victory, or did they learn from their mistakes?
"The data seem to give some minimal advantage to the centre-left -Ettore Recchi (professor at the University of Florence) answers to Nove da Firenze- but the campaign was dominated by Berlusconi, marketing-wise. And exit polls can't be trusted, we know from prior elections, because many Italians are ashamed of supporting Berlusconi. But they do it, because they feel protected in their informal survival strategies (no invoices) by him and his kinds.
Please, let's remember that 25% of the workforce is self-employed.
May Anti-Berlusconists find modestly rewarding?
"Yes, the centre-left will have to thank the new election law introduced by the past government lastminute, and MPs elected by Italian abroad (a novelty wanted by the right) will be decisive, but contrary to expectations they will favour the centre-left. Still the Senate is on balance, and the game will be played in Parliament. The past tells us that representatives may feel free to switch sides sooner or later".
Berlusconi's coalition ended up with a larger number of votes, but a (slightly in the Senate) lower number of seats...
"Ironically, this outcome is the result of Berlusconi's lastminute new electoral law.
In a sense, he committed political suicide. Even most significantly, Italians abroad stabbed the right in the back. The news on Italian-Americans being key to a majority change in their home country. Italy has been relieved by its migrants once again in modern history - in a most unusual way though".
