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...name is Silvio, not Caesar or Augustus. But the political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs...
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks freely and carries a big stick. He has revolutionized Italy's perennially gray politics but drawn fire for his vast media holdings as well as for gaffes like a tasteless Nazi gibe directed at a German colleague and a knock on German tourists by one of his deputies. TIME's Jeff Israely talked with him on the eve of his visit with President Bush...
...Party is a political threat. Support has risen in internal polls from 7% to 17% in the past eight months. A minimum of 10% is needed to win seats in parliament. Analysts attribute the spike to economic hard times - Cem is seen by many as a Turkish version of Silvio Berlusconi, an entrepreneur whose appeal lies in his business success and can-do attitude. But anti-Western sentiment is growing in Turkey in the aftermath of the Iraq war, partly as a result of the U.S. government's harsh criticism of the country for failing to admit U.S troops. Paradoxically...
...Channels, One Owner TV regulation got a fuzzy reception last week as Italy's Senate waved through its media bill, which would roll back rules requiring Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to give up one of his three terrestrial channels. Lucia Annunziata, president of state-owned broadcaster RAI, has threatened to resign if the bill - which still needs lower house approval - becomes law. Berlusconi's remote control worked better than George W. Bush's last week. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted to reverse a regulatory ruling allowing TV networks to reach up to 45% of U.S. audiences. Reverting...
...give the same success to the Turkish economy. But you opposed the IMF recommendations. I know how the Turkish economy can be reconstructed without the imf. The interest rates are horrendous. Turkish people are starving to service that debt. You have been compared to Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi because you mix business with politics. Do you model yourself on him? Well, he is Prime Minister. I don't say he is a role model, but he is Prime Minister...