Italian Election
This morning I witnessed a phenomena. Like a phoenix from the ashes the most famous candidate, the groomed and confident Silvio Berlusconi of Forza Italia arrived on Italian breakfast time TV screens to present his case to the electorate. The election is on the 4th March. If anyone has tried to influence the result it is not the usual suspects but the EU's Jean-Claude Junker. One recalls that allegations of Russian interference in the French elections were subsequently found to be baseless. Polls are showing that Berlusconi's main coalition partner will be Matteo Salvini of of the Lega Party. Salvini refers to the EU as the European Soviet, and not without good reason. His country like many others is constantly being told what to do by the EU. There are clear cases of interference in Italy's national affairs. Junker, for example, publicly predicts that Italy will be unable to form a government after the election. If that is not an attempt to influence t