Federico is one of many young Italians eligible to go to the polls for the first time on Sunday to vote in national elections.
Like many of his cohort, he is unimpressed by politics, but far from disengaged.
“Of course, I will go to the voting booth,” said the 21-year-old engineering student at Roma Tre University. “But I will put a big cross through the ballot paper. None of the politicians are honest, all they do is use propaganda.”
Federico, who declined to give his surname, catches an early train each morning in Orte, a town in the central region of Lazio, for a commute that takes about 50 minutes. Accompanying him is Marco, a fellow engineering student who is unsure about whether to vote, but has nonetheless taken note of the candidates and finds them wanting.
Silvio Berlusconi has dominated Italian politics since the early 1990s, and came to power for the second time four years after the two students were born. Now, the 81-year-old billionaire’s coalition of rightwing parties is leading in the polls, as he attempts a comeback after years of scandal.
Source : theguardian
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