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Judy Asks: Can Italy Overcome Its Dysfunctional Politics?

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27/02/2013

Leading experts - Federiga Bindi, Uri Dadush, James W. Davis, Fabrizio Goria, Gianni Riotta, Nathalie Tocci, Rosa Balfour - answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

Two days after Italians went to the polls, the country appears ungovernable. None of our experts has the confidence that from this electoral chaos, a stable, rational government can emerge. Yet failure carries a terrible price, both for Italy and for the rest of the eurozone.