No Italians do not believe in leadership. Winning the World Cup was an act of the leaderless.
How retarded.
There are lots of good things to be said of the Italians, but due to some reason, Italian (domestic) politics has often been a complete chaos. Italians themselves say this is because of the large regional differences and the fact that Italy is a ‘young’ nation.
This is nonsense.
The same thing could be said about Germany or the US.
However, I’m optimistic about Italy. To begin with, Prodi might be a leftist, but he’s a blessing compared to Berlusconi. A man like Berlusconi will never be able to unite Italy although some of his views (like the need of investing in new European highways/motorways and most of all his opposition to Socialism) were sensible.
If all of Italy would display the same kind of spirit and make the same team effort as the national football team of Italy, the sky is the limit!
The economic base of Italy is sound and many Italians are extremely well educated, intelligent and creative.
Just like Germany and France, Italy deserves a better fate than Socialism.
Viva la vera Italia!!