Talk To Al Jazeera - Emma Bonino: Italy, a country in crisis

Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of tax evasion. But ask an Italian about the former prime minister and chances are they think he will never actually go to jail.

Many Italians say they want to clean up the political system, but is there much being done?

A brand new anti-corruption law adopted last week has already been criticised as a watered-down half measure. It will not even cover vote-selling or money laundering.

And the push to reform the electoral law seems to be going nowhere although the country's next election is only five months away. Party bosses still decide who will run for office and in what district.

"I think the real cancer in my country is the party system," says Emma Bonino, the vice president of the Italian senate.

And then there is the financial crisis. Savings have been imposed by Mario Monti, the country's prime minister, but will they work? Or is there more chaos ahead? And how will all this impact the rest of Europe?

In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Emma Bonino sits down with Folly Bah Thibault and talks about her country in crisis.