Prodi hands in resignation

[bullmoose88]

Is there a decent European Liberal style party in Italy that I could support...and who are they backing, the left, or right?

[bullmoose88]

Is there a decent European Liberal style party in Italy that I could support...and who are they backing, the left, or right?

The Italian Radicals are pretty decent European liberals. They are who I support even though they are currently in an electoral alliance with a socialist party. They are part of Rose in the First which is part of L'Unione.

You say even though...are the socialists less socially left than the conservatives are economically rightist?

I'm just having trouble seeing why you seem to favor the right over the left here.

[bullmoose88]

His problem is the Senate

I'm trying to think of other parliamentary systems where the leader of the lower house, the PM, is accountable to a vote in the upper chamber (i think I've worded that right)...Italy, Australia...anywhere else? (Can the upper chamber force anything in Germany?)

[bullmoose88]

His problem is the Senate

I'm trying to think of other parliamentary systems where the leader of the lower house, the PM, is accountable to a vote in the upper chamber (i think I've worded that right)...Italy, Australia...anywhere else? (Can the upper chamber force anything in Germany?)

Not Australia. The PM isn't elected or responsible to the Senate in Australia, IIRC, he is only elected by the House of Representatives.

But didnt the AU senate force the fall of a govt?