Italian election outcome ‘worst possible’ for industry
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Italy’s medtech supplies industry has reacted with confusion and profound concern at what it describes as the "worst possible" outcome of this week’s parliamentary elections. The stalemate result puts former comedian, Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement party alongside Pier Luigi Bersani of the center-left Democratic Party and TV magnate Silvio Berlusconi as potential replacements for Mario Monti of the centrist Civic Choice party as head of the government.