Global News Blog » Communists http://blogs.reuters.com/global Beyond the World news headlines Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:07:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Italy’s hard-left at the Hard Rock http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2008/04/14/italys-hard-left-at-the-hard-rock/ http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2008/04/14/italys-hard-left-at-the-hard-rock/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:10:39 +0000 Deepa Babington http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2008/04/14/italys-hard-left-at-the-hard-rock/ hardrock.jpgItaly’s far-left alliance of Communists and Greens may not conjure up images of glitz and New York steaks, but leader Fausto Bertinotti has nevertheless picked the Hard Rock Cafe on Rome’s fashionable Via Veneto to wait out the tally of election results on Monday evening.  Conveniently located next to the American Embassy, the Hard Rock promises everything from hickory smoked chicken wings to mac & cheese to help ease the long wait ahead for the leader of the Rainbow Left coalition.

 Other candidates have chosen more traditional venues for the evening: the centre-right’s Silvio Berlusconi will be waiting it out at his villa in Arcore near Milan, while centre-left rival Walter Veltroni will be standing by at his party’s offices in Rome dubbed the “Loft”.

Far-right leader Daniela Santanche says she won’t stray far from her home in Milan, while Northern League leader Umberto Bossi and centrist leader Pier Ferdinando Casini will both be holed up at their respective party headquarters.

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