Poco meno di un’ora. Questo il tempo che divide la magnifica Madrid dal piccolo pueblo di Navacerrada, un paesino nella suggestiva Sierra madrilena. Basta guardare fuori, attraverso i grandi vetri del bus che porta al Campus Faes 2011, la summer school della Fundación para el análisis y los estudios sociales, la fondazione presieduta dall’ex primo ministro spagnolo, José Maria Aznar, per accorgersi che la Spagna è ferma e aspetta un nuovo governo.
Northern League leader Umberto Bossi, has just laid down the conditions for the political survival of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after the heavy losses the two men’s parties suffered in recent local elections across the country. In Italy all parties involved in national government have to up the ante at every opportunity to win back popular approval. But recent recent upheavals in Italy sometimes seem to be in a class of their own. (This article is cross-posted on The Commentator)