Yet the Berlusconi government did next to nothing to address these deficiencies, despite being the first government in Italy’s history to survive a full five-year electoral term. With an unassailable parliamentary majority, it could have undertaken coherent supply-side reforms, even at the risk of some initial unpopularity.
尽管贝鲁斯科尼政府是意大利历史上第一个渡过了完整五年任期的政府，但是在应对这些困境方面却基本上无所作为。本来凭借其在议会中无法撼动的绝对多数，它可以进行连贯的供应学派的改革，即使在开始阶段存在面临抵制的风险。