Ungaro, Carlo, (2013), “Italy’s Perfect Storm”, Open Democracy – Free Thinking for the World, 7 Μαρτίου.
Some foreign publications, in commenting on the situation in Italy after the recent electoral results, have reverted to the offensively superficial and trite image of “bring on the clowns”. The term could be used both in a derogatory and a purely descriptive sense, as the only real winner of the election, Mr. Beppe Grillo, a professional comedian, could be called a “clown” without causing offence.