I know, news of yet another Italian political crisis is not very exciting, certainly not easy to explain and in the end chances are that the next prime minister will keep his job for a year or two, and then the circus will start again.
Why are we asking this question now? Because, following the collapse of the Italian centre-left government last week, the billionaire media mogul who was Prime Minister until 2006 looks well set for a third spell in power. Is this such a bad thing?
For all of Italy's outside adoration, the country finds itself in an economic, political and social funk.
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