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(25 Feb 2013)
1. Mid of Angelino Alfano, party secretary of PDL (Il Popolo della Liberta Party) arriving for news conference
2. Close-up of interim results on tablet
3. Wide of Alfano at press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Angelino Alfano, party secretary of PDL:
"This is a very positive result, I would even say extraordinary. We are very happy and very satisfied. I have already talked with President (of PDL, Silvio) Berlusconi to express the gratitude of the party for this extraordinary result, which has been achieved by his tenacity and his generous efforts, his fighting spirit and his faith in success."
5. Mid of party logo on exit
6. Wide of screen showing Silvio Berlusconi's coalition in advantage in the majority of regions for the Senate
7. Wide of calculus centre at the Ministry of Interior, with reporters reading the results of the Senate race
8. Wide of political correspondent Enzo Bonaiuto of the Adnkronos news agency, talking on the phone
9. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Enzo Bonaiuto, political correspondent for Adnkronos news agency:
"In this situation, picturing the next government becomes difficult, because even if Bersani is supported by Monti, he would not have a majority (in the Senate), and Berlusconi would not have a majority if the lower house goes to Bersani. So, they either go back to the previous kind of broad coalition, which would be difficult after such a harsh campaign, or we go back to voting again."
10. Close-up of graphic showing preliminary results in the lower house, with the three major parties very close to each other
11. Wide pan left of elections calculus centre inside the Ministry of Interior
12. Various of Enrico Letta speaking in Democratic Party (PD) media centre
13. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Enrico Letta, PD Vice-Secretary General:
"The credibility of politics has collapsed because of scandals, because of difficulties we all have seen in these past years, the credibility of politics must find very strong answers even from us, because the answers given up until today have not been enough."
14. Medium of journalists
15. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Enrico Letta, PD Vice-Secretary General
"The truth is not an alternative to hope, hope cannot be given by telling lies. Hope is based on truth, and we are convinced that this is the main characteristic of an important party and of an important political force such as the PD has shown itself to be."
16. Wide of Letta leaving PD media room
17. Wide of PD media centre
STORYLINE:
The prospect of political paralysis hung over Italy on Monday as near complete official results in crucial elections showed an upstart protest campaign led by a comedian making stunning inroads, and mainstream forces of centre-left and centre-right wrestling for control of Parliament's two houses.
The preliminary election results marked the return as a political force of billionaire media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, the president of the PDL (Il Popolo della Liberta Party).
The party secretary of the PDL called the first results of his party "very positive" and "extraordinary".
"I have already talked with President Berlusconi to express the gratitude of the party for this extraordinary result, which has been achieved by his tenacity and his generous efforts," Angelino Alfano said.
He went on to praise Berlusconi's "fighting spirit and his faith in success."
Berlusconi was forced from the premiership at the end of 2011 by Italy's debt crisis, and his forces now seem poised to capture the Italian Senate.
Analysts commented on the potential problems ahead.


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