However, from a consumer standpoint, does placing the blame on a third party really matter?

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McDonnell pointed to the Democratic Party's role in placing the chairman, Giuseppi Mussari, through the bank's largest shareholder, Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

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The coalition suffered a further setback in the Viennese municipal election of October 2010, when the far-right Freedom Party won 26% of the vote, placing it second only to the Social Democrats.

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"This is really just placing the issue of policing in a political context by one political party, " he said.

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