What's Next for Italy's Victorious Grillini?
Beppe Grillo, the Italian comedian-politician, told you this was coming, but maybe you didn't take him seriously or still disdain the power of Twitter: Italy’s elections have produced deadlock, the news media are calling their country ungovernable, and the true victors are Grillo and his Five Star Movement.
His political tsunami has shaken Italian politics to the core and left the country facing months of instability and perhaps new elections, too.
Last night, having taken a quarter of the vote, Grillo chortled: “This is fantastic! We will be an extraordinary force,” and then announced he was off to bed with a cup of chamomile tea.… Seguir leyendo »