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| Four-time Silvio Berlusconi wants to become Prime Minister again |
Rome: Italians are voting in an unpredictable parliamentary election
that has pitted mainstream parties against a powerful anti-establishment force.
As per analyst Italy is in its worst recession in two
decades. Unemployment is above 11% and rising, while the public debt mountain
as a proportion of GDP is second only to Greece in the eurozone.
Opinion polls put center-left leader Pier Luigi in front,
but analysts aren't sure he will be able to form a stable majority to push
through the economic reforms Italy needs.
Also expected to poll strongly is Silvio Berlusconi, the
four-time prime minister who has promised tax refunds and staged a media blitz
in an attempt to win back voters in recent weeks.
People of Italy voting in the crucial polls opened on
February 24 and 25, with first results expected early on February 26.