On Wednesday the Prodi government was forced to resign
after losing a crucial vote in the Senate. This reveals the extreme instability
of the political situation in the country, but it also poses sharply the
contradictions in which the PRC has placed itself.
In spite of having
promised no more NATO or US
bases in Italy, the Prodi
government has gone ahead and agreed to a big expansion of the Vicenza base. This has
provoked anger among the left electorate which was clearly seen on last
Saturday’s massive demonstration of at least 150,000.