Napolitano herkozen

De Italiaanse president Napolitano is sinds zaterdag de eerste Italiaanse president die herkozen werd.

Giorgio Napolitano became the first Italian President to be elected for a second term on Saturday. Paving the way for the formation of a national unity government, the presidential election has thrown Italy’s centre-left into chaos, with Pier Luigi Bersani stepping down as leader of the Democratic Party, to the advantage of Silvio Berlusconi. There were protests in Rome over the weekend. Beppe Grillo described Napolitano’s re-election as “a clever little institutional coup”.