{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8becc71b-c3c4-477e-89aa-eb815c343eb9/61e539a3468882001304b94b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Could Silvio Berlusconi become Italy’s next president? ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f7a11a8cbe4dd53cefde/1642097461837-7e9fcedf87d1e386dc0a752d7ef6b7c1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The&nbsp;<em>New Statesman’s&nbsp;</em>international editor, Jeremy Cliffe, speaks to author Tim Parks about the upcoming Italian presidential election.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They discuss whether Italy’s strict Covid regulations are popular, why Mario Draghi wants to become president and whether the disgraced former prime minister Berlusconi could make another political comeback.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you have a You Ask Us question for the international team, email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Further reading:</p><p><br></p><p>Ahead of the presidential election, <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2022/01/ahead-of-the-presidential-election-italians-are-divided-on-the-unvaccinated\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Italians are divided</a> on the unvaccinated</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/world-review-podcast/2021/03/podcast-mario-draghi-ungovernable-italy-and-eu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Draghi</a>, “ungovernable” Italy and the EU</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What we can learn from&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/06/tim-parks-garibaldi-heros-way-walking-review\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Giuseppe Garibaldi</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Italy in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2020/07/italy-wake-coronavirus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wake of coronavirus</a>.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}