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ROME Cheap Jordan Berry Jersey , Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Would Germany's elections results affect the political equilibrium in Italy, the next European country to head to election in few months? Italian analysts and media mulled over the issue in the aftermath of the vote held on Sunday, which granted Chancellor Angela Merkel her fourth term in a row.


Merkel's conservative CDUCSU bloc remained the largest force in the parliament, with 33 percent of the vote. Nonetheless, it suffered its heaviest setback in decades.


An even larger defeat struck the major center-left party Cheap Alejandro Villanueva Jersey , the Social Democrats SPD, which dropped to 20.5 percent from 25.7 percent in the previous election in 2013. The two forces had been leading the country for the past four years through a so-called grand coalition.


As support for mainstream parties weakened -- as already registered in other countries within the European Union (EU) -- anti-immigration and euro-sceptic Alternative fuer Deutschland (AFD) party scored the best result ever for a far-right movement in Germany after World War II. With 12.6 percent of vote, it will enter the parliament for the first time as the third largest force.


Was the same trend likely to repeat itself in Italy, which was going to hold parliamentary elections next spring?


"I think the German vote may indeed affect the next campaign in Italy, in terms of more emphasis given on the need to reform the EU Cheap Chris Boswell Jersey ," Federico Niglia, professor of international relations and history with LUISS University in Rome, told Xinhua. "Each political force, of course, would address this issue according to its orientation."


Moderate Cheap Stephon Tuitt Jersey , pro-European parties would push harder for a reform of some EU policies, in order to better address Italian citizens' needs and worries, Niglia explained.


Their solution for slowing down the populist wave among the electorate (Italian and European) would be to call for "more Europe", not less, but better functioning.


This position would be represented at most by Italy's center-left Democratic Party (PD) Cheap Jesse James Jersey , which was leading the current coalition government.


On the contrary, euro-sceptic (or simply anti-euro) parties would feel time has come "to give the final push" against the European Union, according to Niglia.


Strongest on this front would be Italy's populist Five Star Movement (M5S) -- currently the largest opposition force, and neck-to-neck with center-left PD in latest opinion polls -- and anti-immigration Northern League party.


The outcome of the German vote would possibly affect Italian parties' strategies in another way, leading business daily Il Sole 24 commented on Tuesday.


"A major topic will be the 'grand coalition' Cheap Xavier Grimble Jersey , for which the two main German parties (CDUCSU and SPD) have paid a high price, and especially German Social Democrats," political analyst Lina Palmerini wrote.


This was expected to be the "big taboo" of the Italian campaign, according to Il Sole. "The perspective (of a grand coalition) will be dismissed from both the left and the right, putting both sides in troubles."


It would be difficult for leftist and center-left forces Cheap Joe Haden Jersey , because it was not yet clear what possible alliance able to govern they could form, Palmerini explained.


As for the center-right, it would struggle as well, considering the "tight negotiations" ongoing between former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right Forza Italia (FI) party and the Northern League.


Whatever steps Italian parties will decide to take, however Cheap Jon Bostic Jersey , some dynamics seen in Germany were to be repeated in Italy's next campaign, according to the head of the European Program with Rome-based Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Antonio Villafranca.


"The trend towards the weakening of mainstream parties has just emerged in Germany, as it did in other countries in recent years, and it is likely to develop in Italy as well Cheap Bud Dupree Jersey ," Villafranca told Xinhua.


"Current opinion polls related to the next general elections show in fact a condition of wide fragmentation within our political landscape," he explained. "As a result, it will be probably difficult to form a government, whatever side is going to win elections."






MELBOURNE， April 27 (Xinhua) -- A radicalized Melbourne teenager -- shot dead two years ago after attacking two police officers -- researched the movements of then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott， Australia's national security service has told an inquest.


Numan Haider， 18， stabbed two police officers outside a Melbourne police station on Sept. 23， 2014， before one of the wounded policemen returned fire， killing him.


On Wednesday， the inquest into Haider's knife-welding attack heard that Australia's Secret Intelligence Organization (ASIO) kept a watchful eye on the teen after the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) cancelled his passport in April， 2014.


Speaking before the hearing， ASIO's Natalie Mayfair -- not her real name -- said the 18-year-old appeared to be on a "trajectory" toward Islamic extremism.


While monitoring his internet use， ASIO discovered the teenager had conducted a number of alarming searches， including "home made suppressor" and "fire crackers wrapped in metal."


On top of that， Haider may have gone a step further by establishing targets. Mayfair said the teen also sought out online information regarding Abbott's next visit to Haider's hometown of Melbourne as well as the Holsworthy army barracks in Sydney， which was the target of a foiled terror plot in 2009.


Five days before the attack in Melbourne， Haider posted a photograph of himself on his social media profile wearing a balaclava while holding the Shahada flag. The picture， as well as an online conversation with an associate that same week in which he said he would "do it soon，" led ASIO to take action.


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