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| Gridlock Fear Rises in Italy as Comedian Rejects Deal | Gridlock Fear Rises in Italy as Comedian Rejects Deal |
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| ROME — The comedian who emerged from general elections in Italy this week as a leading political force on Wednesday ruled out joining a government alliance, a step that experts say would help avert a long period of uncertainty that could damage the Italian economy. | ROME — The comedian who emerged from general elections in Italy this week as a leading political force on Wednesday ruled out joining a government alliance, a step that experts say would help avert a long period of uncertainty that could damage the Italian economy. |
| The comedian, Beppe Grillo, the leader of the Five Star Movement, rejected an appeal by Pier Luigi Bersani, the leader of Italy’s center-left Democratic Party, to work with others to govern the country. Mr. Grillo’s Five Star Movement won 25 percent of the vote, becoming the third-largest bloc in Parliament. | The comedian, Beppe Grillo, the leader of the Five Star Movement, rejected an appeal by Pier Luigi Bersani, the leader of Italy’s center-left Democratic Party, to work with others to govern the country. Mr. Grillo’s Five Star Movement won 25 percent of the vote, becoming the third-largest bloc in Parliament. |
| The Democratic Party won the elections, with a razor-thin edge over the party of the former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, but it does not have enough seats to form a majority. | The Democratic Party won the elections, with a razor-thin edge over the party of the former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, but it does not have enough seats to form a majority. |
| Writing on his blog, Mr. Grillo reiterated the caustic, take-no-prisoners position that was a leitmotif of his campaign. Mr. Bersani, he wrote, “is a dead man talking” and “a political stalker” who should resign. | Writing on his blog, Mr. Grillo reiterated the caustic, take-no-prisoners position that was a leitmotif of his campaign. Mr. Bersani, he wrote, “is a dead man talking” and “a political stalker” who should resign. |
| His movement, he added, would not back any political alliance. Instead, “in Parliament it will vote those laws that reflect its program, regardless of who presents them.” | His movement, he added, would not back any political alliance. Instead, “in Parliament it will vote those laws that reflect its program, regardless of who presents them.” |
| This model — evaluating each law on its merits — has been used in Sicily, where Mr. Grillo’s party won nearly 18 percent of the vote in regional elections last October, becoming the largest party there. | This model — evaluating each law on its merits — has been used in Sicily, where Mr. Grillo’s party won nearly 18 percent of the vote in regional elections last October, becoming the largest party there. |
| Considerable gains by the party in the region in the general election — nearly 35 percent in the lower house and nearly 30 percent in the Senate — suggest that Sicilians “like the presence of the Five Star Movement in Parliament,” said Roberto Biorcio, a professor of sociology at Bicocca University in Milan and the author of a book on Mr. Grillo’s party. “They are passing laws that people like.” | Considerable gains by the party in the region in the general election — nearly 35 percent in the lower house and nearly 30 percent in the Senate — suggest that Sicilians “like the presence of the Five Star Movement in Parliament,” said Roberto Biorcio, a professor of sociology at Bicocca University in Milan and the author of a book on Mr. Grillo’s party. “They are passing laws that people like.” |
| President Giorgio Napolitano of Italy will hold talks with political leaders in mid-March after Parliament has been installed to determine whether a government can be formed. | President Giorgio Napolitano of Italy will hold talks with political leaders in mid-March after Parliament has been installed to determine whether a government can be formed. |
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: | This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: |
| Correction: March 2, 2013 | |
An | An article on Thursday about the fear of political gridlock in Italy after Beppe Grillo, leader of the party that holds the third-largest bloc in Parliament, ruled out joining a government alliance, referred incorrectly to President Giorgio Napolitano’s role in resolving the paralysis. Should a government fail to be formed, new elections can be called only by Mr. Napolitano’s successor, who is to be elected by Parliament in May; Mr. Napolitano would not call the elections. |