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Person of the Week OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Silvio Berlusconi, head of an $11 billion empire with holdings in TV, publishing, retail banking and the AC Milan soccer club, is elected Italy's Prime Minister, overcoming the slings and arrows of a vitriolic press protesting widespread conflicts of interest...
Nobody can say the voters weren't told all about Silvio Berlusconi. Major European newspapers and magazines detailed the corruption investigations that have stalked the billionaire-turned-politician for much of the past decade. Editorials highlighted the potential conflict of interest stemming from Berlusconi's control of much of Italy's TV programming. Prominent politicians across Europe wondered aloud how they could deal with a government that included the openly xenophobic and post-fascist parties allied to Berlusconi's center-right coalition. In the end, Italians went to the polls and elected him anyway...
...Italy has averaged around one government a year since the end of World War II. How stable is Berlusconi's latest...
...What were the primary issues that divided Berlusconi's camp from that of his rival, Francesco Rutelli...
...This campaign was less about issues than about personalities. Whether voters were for or against Berlusconi. On the issues, both sides were promising tax cuts, getting tough on crime, better pensions, a more efficient bureaucracy. There were differences of degree, of course. But for the most part, it was a personality-driven campaign. And it really revolved around not two personalities, but one - Berlusconi. And despite the left's attacks on his partnership with far-right parties and questions about a conflict of interest arising from the fact that the media magnate will now have control over the state...