Letta on the Crest of a Wave
Stormy seas lie ahead but for the moment Premier Enrico Letta is riding on the crest of a wave. With the now definitive splintering of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's highly personalized political party, his formally reborn Forza Italia passes into the minority in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Thanks to Alfano's defection from Berlusconi, Letta hopes to remain in office until at least 2015. It is a victory for stability and, with luck, will postpone new national general elections even as economic problems continue to plague the country.
ROME - Stormy seas lie ahead, but for the moment Premier Enrico Letta is riding on the crest of a wave. With the now definitive splintering of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's highly personalized political party, his formally reborn Forza Italia passes into the minority. The split came about because Angelino Alfano, who was Berlusconi's second-in-command in the so-called "Freedom Party" (PdL), successor to the original Forza Italia, with its soccer-game overtones, held firm together with Letta and a group of defectors who included Fabrizio Cicchitto. 
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