b'2.7. Economic prospects for Italy and Spainconsequences. There have been not one but two political revolutions. There was first the Cashmere Revolution of 1993-1994 thatresulted in the dissolution of the Christian Democratic Party and the rise of ForzaItalia. It also meant that Silvio Berlusconi, a private citizen, was Prime Minister for 8 yearsbetween 2001 and 2011. The economic prospects for Italy and Spain are even worse. These are the two otherThe second political revolution is current. The large EU economies, now that the EUsalliance of La Lega and the Five Star former second-largest economy - the UK Movement formed the Italian government until has left.September 2019. This was a government of euro-sceptics of both the Left and Right.La The chart below sets out the decline inLega has now left the Government and is in income per capita in Italy. This has hadopposition.Table 17GDP per capitain Italy and the Eurozone from 2000-2017 in eurosSource: Development of the Confartigianato Studies Office and EurostatSpain suffered as much as any other countryJune 2015 general election. Two new parties, in the economic crisis subsequent to 2008.Podemos on the far left and Ciudadanos The mystery for interested observers wasin the center, got elected to the Cortes the continuing levels of support for the two(the Spanish Parliament) and in substantial establishment political parties, the Partidonumbers - 71 seats in the Cortes for Popular (PP) and the Partido SocialistaPodemos and 32 seats for Ciudadanos. Obrero Espanol (PSOE), each of whom supported Eurozone austerity and theThe effect has been that neither the PP nor European Project. This changed in thethe PSOE has been able to form a majority41'