"Italian President Giorgio Napolitano issued a sharp statement Wednesday asking whether Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government is "able to operate."Mr. Napolitano spoke a day after an unprecedented parliamentary blunder in which the majority coalition supporting the government failed to pass a routine budget item. The head of state, who has the power to dissolve parliament, cited "acute" tensions and rifts inside the center-right parliamentary majority."The prime minister and the speaker of the lower house are constitutionally responsible to provide a credible response" to the question of whether the government "is able to operate with the constant cohesion necessary to guarantee absolutely necessary obligations," Mr. Napolitano said in a statement, citing the budget and "European commitments" as among the basic requirements of a functioning government today.", hoje no Wall Street Journal.
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