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Politicians who feed off antiforeign sentiment at home can find it hard to cuddle up to foreigners abroad. The BNP's attempt to establish a far-right bloc in the Parliament foundered. The largest far-right party in the Parliament, Italy's Lega Nord, which serves in Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government, chose to throw in its lot with a medley of Euro-skeptic parties, while the PVV refused to enter any alliance. Opponents would be unwise to take comfort from this apparent disunity. Far-right parties view the European Parliament primarily as a platform from which to launch runs...
...Married, with two daughters and a son. Fit and handsome, Rasmussen once prompted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to remark, peculiarly: "Rasmussen is the most handsome Prime Minister in Europe. I'm thinking of introducing him to my wife...
Milan's measure was quickly applauded by the city's most powerful native son, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has had his fair share of festas but is not known as a heavy drinker. The 72-year-old billionaire Prime Minister encouraged other municipalities to follow Milan's lead, and by last week, there was a second city making a change to tackle underage drinking. The western Sicilian city of Caltagirone, famous as the birthplace of Don Luigi Sturzo, a Catholic priest and the father of Italy's modern Christian Democratic Party, will not punish underage consumers - or their parents...
What's a swinging Prime Minister to do? Two weeks after Italy's Silvio Berlusconi silenced a storm of accusations about his private life with his statesman-like hosting of the G-8 summit in earthquake-stricken L'Aquila, doubts about his suitability for office refuse to die. On Monday, audiotapes surfaced of a high-priced call girl's alleged conservations with Berlusconi and a Bari businessman accused by Italian prosecutors of pimping for the Prime Minister...
...less glamorous L'Aquila, continuing efforts to rebuild the city (and his image) after the April earthquake. Some have even suggested that he may make a pilgrimage to the revered Italian saint Padre Pio as a way to respond to Catholic criticism of his behavior. Can you say Santo Silvio? (See pictures of Padre Pio's saintly return...