Word: berlusconi
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...European Parliament elections in June. "Somebody has written that this is all for the entertainment of the emperor," she told the ANSA news service. "I agree. [It] is shameless trash, all in the name of power." Lario said that she and the three grown children she has with Berlusconi "are victims and not accomplices in this situation. We must bear it, and it causes us to suffer...
...With a variety of residences inside and outside of Italy for Berlusconi and Lario to choose from, speculation has long swirled about whether they even still live together. What's clear is that Lario has been increasingly appalled by the public behavior of her 73-year-old billionaire husband, especially as it relates to women. And she refuses to suffer in silence...
...years ago, Berlusconi was forced to publicly apologize after Lario wrote to the left-leaning La Repubblica newspaper complaining that her husband had damaged her reputation by swooning over TV star Mara Carfagna. "Forgive me, I beg you," Berlusconi wrote in an open letter to his wife. "And take this public show of my private pride giving in to your fury as an act of love." But the sincerity of his apology is another matter; the same Carfagna is now the Minister for Equal Opportunities. (See 10 things to do in Rome...
...This time, Berlusconi offered no apology for his plans to sex up Italy's image in the European Parliament. Instead, he told reporters on Wednesday that "La Signora" - a distant and formal designation for his wife of 23 years - had been manipulated by his enemies in the left-leaning media. Later in the day, he insisted that he would put the so-called showgirls, or young women, on his electoral list and personally accompany them on the campaign trail. Unlike other parties, Berlusconi said, his list would not include "smelly or badly dressed people." But by Thursday morning, he seemed...
...There's little doubt that this flare-up - like Berlusconi's various romps on the world stage - reinforces rather than changes the opinions that Italians have of him, whether they're fans or foes. Paradoxically, the potency of Lario's critiques only highlights the weakness of Italy's center-left opposition, the futility of magistrates' failed attempts to send Berlusconi to jail on corruption allegations and the desperation of graying allies waiting in vain for him to step aside. Berlusconi's grip on power, in other words, is stronger than ever. (Read "Why Berlusconi Loves a Good Gaffe...