An Italian reader of Credit Writedowns explains:
With this [Monte Paschi] scandal people started to realize that the right (Berlusconi’s party) and the Left (Bersani’s PD) are equally corrupt and are in politics to do favours for their friends…….People voted for Grillo because they are sending a message to Bersani and Berlusconi: “go home”. They have ruined the country in the last 20 years.
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