Lega Nord 21 Apr 2008 05:07 pm For such a nice country, Italy's politics seem weirdly screwed up. There's the famous instability of the governments, of course. And then there's the fact that their main right-of-center party is led by the legendarily
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Anti-immigrant party gains in Italy
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Anti-immigrant party gains in Italy Mon, 04/21/2008 - 11:19am After its surprisingly strong showing in Italian parliamentary elections last week, the quasi-separatist, anti-immigrant Northern League Party is likely to take over several key posts in Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet including the interior, reforms, and agriculture ministries. The League's control of the Interior Ministry puts Italy's immigration policy is in the hands of a party whose leaders have suggested that the navy fire on rafts carrying illegal immigrants.
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http://crookedtimber.org/2008/04/21/guess-who-comes-last/I've been remiss in not posting anything about the results of the Italian election â the result of a number of deadlines crashing in on me at once. But in lieu of proper analysis, it's worth noting that the biggest winner in the elections â the Lega Nord
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