Berlusconi held to the fire by EU partners

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Series Details 27.10.11
Publication Date 27/10/2011
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Article reported that Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister, had been forced into a corner by European Union demands for a strict timetable of concrete economic reforms in late October 2011, but divisions within his coalition and his weakness in parliament cast serious doubts over his ability to deliver.

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