{"id":2801,"date":"2013-01-22T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T14:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2013-01-22T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T15:33:21","slug":"i-simboli-politici","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/i-simboli-politici\/","title":{"rendered":"I Simboli Politici"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week was the deadline for the political parties to \u201cpatent\u201d their symbols (comprising their slogan and logo) for the next political elections, which will be held on the 24th and 25th of February. Well, this year we have reached the new high record figure of 184 symbols to choose from! Here in Italy anybody can found un partito politico<\/strong> (a political party), un movimento<\/strong> (a movement) or una lista civica<\/strong> (a citizens\u2019 list), and therefore run for elections. To make things more complicated there\u2019s the fact that we vote separately for the two sections of parliament: la Camera<\/strong> (the Lower House) and il Senato<\/strong> (the Upper House), so we have parties that run only for one of the two houses of parliament, and parties that run with a logo and a leader for the Camera, and then use a slightly different logo and a different leader for the Senato. S\u00ec, eccoci in Italia! Here are just a few of the simboli politici<\/strong> (click to enlarge):<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Simboli\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally there is the lack of unity, the misplaced need for individualism that is genetically inbuilt in the Italians, which creates an incredible number of subdivisions amongst parties. For example, there are Lega Lombardo Veneta, Lega Federale del Sud, Lega Padana, Lega per l’Italia, Lega Italia, and Lega del Sud, all of them branches of the original federalist Lega Nord.<\/p>\n

This crazy situation is used by many people as a means to express personal protest, rage, narcissism, or simply a bad sense of humour. Let\u2019s have a look at just a few of the more improbable simboli politici<\/strong> (political symbols):<\/p>\n

\u201cDimezziamo lo stipendio ai politici\u201d<\/strong> (Let\u2019s half the politicians\u2019 salary)<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cMovimento Bunga Bunga\u201d<\/strong> (Bunga Bunga Movement) from Berlusconi\u2019s infamous parties at his house near Milan. The symbol shows two stick men kicking each other in the posterior.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"movimento-bunga-bunga\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMovimento mamme del mondo\u201d<\/strong> (Movement of the mothers of the world)<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cFuoritutti\u201d<\/strong> (Everybody out)<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cRecupero maltolto\u201d<\/strong> (Recover extorted goods)<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cPartito Internettiano\u201d<\/strong> (Internet Party)<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cIo non voto\u201d<\/strong> (I don\u2019t vote)<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Io<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPartito Pirata\u201d<\/strong> (Pirate Party)<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cD.N.A. Democrazia \u2013 Natura – Amore\u201d<\/strong> (D.N.A. Democracy \u2013 Nature – Love), whose leader is the famous porn actress Cicciolina (born Ilona Staller). She was a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 1992.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Cicciolina\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLiberi da Equitalia\u201d<\/strong> (Free from Equitalia). Equitalia is the National Tax Agency<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cNo alla chiusura degli ospedali\u201d<\/strong> (No to the closure of the hospitals)<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cPane Pace Lavoro\u201d<\/strong> (Bread Peace Work)<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

S\u00ec, \u00e8 un vero e proprio casino, come al solito!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Last week was the deadline for the political parties to \u201cpatent\u201d their symbols (comprising their slogan and logo) for the next political elections, which will be held on the 24th and 25th of February. Well, this year we have reached the new high record figure of 184 symbols to choose from! Here in Italy anybody…<\/p>\n

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