08.12.2012 - 22:59 [ New York Times ]

Italy‘s Government Nears the End as Party Loses Faith

The open question remains how many people will desert the polls after recent electoral walkouts in local ballots have suggested that Italians are fed up with their political class. There have been widespread calls for change — of candidates and of ideas — which explain in part the popularity of a new anti-establishment party lead by comic Beppe Grillo that is polling at 19.7 percent.