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Berlusconi’s victory unlikely to ease Italy’s woes

Silvio Berlusconi’s emphatic victory in the Italian general election ends two months of political uncertainty. But the deteriorating economic outlook and Berlusconi’s poor past stewardship of the economy suggest that Italy will continue to lag well behind its euro-zone competitors.

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