Is Mario Monti’s administration in Italy democratic? Is Greece’s new government? To
some, especially in the blogosphere, it is the exact opposite: a technocratic and undemocratic government foisted upon Italy and Greece by (circle as appropriate) Angela Merkel/Nicolas Sarkozy, the
Bilderberg Group/EUSSR, etc.
But nobody forced Silvio Berlusconi to resign. Nobody sacked him. Under pressure by the markets, he chose to resign. He could have stayed and nobody denied that he had a constitutional right to do so. It would have cost Italy dear, but he could have stayed. In addition, Monti was appointed to the Senate by the Italian president who himself is elected by Parliament in a joint session of the Chamber and the Senate, integrated with 58 representatives appointed by the twenty Italian regions. That’s a lot of democratic mandates.
Further, Professor Monti’s government will rely on the votes of the elected parties including Silvio Berlusconi’s PDL.
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