originally published on Friends Of Europe, March 2013 edition
By Maria Laura Franciosi
Beware the Ides of March: Italy's election debacle is headed for a showdown that will reverberate across Europe on the same date as Julius Caesar was killed in the name of democracy 2,000 years ago.
The inconclusive result of Italy's first democratic test (February 24-25) since its economy plunged into its longest recession in two decades has created confusion at home and apocalyptic predictions about the future of the Eurozone's third largest economy.
