Former Premier Looks Likely to Win Primary
Former Italian Premier Romano Prodi appeared headed to a sweeping victory in his country’s first nationwide primary, which would make him the center-left’s candidate to challenge conservative Premier Silvio Berlusconi in next year’s election.
Early results showed Prodi won just over 73% of the vote. Prodi’s widely expected victory would set the stage for a race against Berlusconi, who is likely to remain at the helm of the conservatives for the mid-2006 election.
The two ran against each other in another election a decade ago, which Prodi won.
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