So, we feel that if this situation turns around under a new government, it will not be hard for these girls to get their lives back on track.

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The BBC's David Willey, in Rome, says the new government has to deal with a rapidly declining economic situation, rising unemployment - particularly among the under-35s - and lack of growth, despite some draconian austerity measures passed by the previous government of technocrats.

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