Dissident leader offers lifeline to Berlusconi

Gianfranco Fini, leader of breakaway dissidents from Italy’s ruling party, launched a scathing attack on Silvio Berlusconi on the 5 September 2010 but stopped short of forcing his former ally into early elections.

ESO: Background information: Berlusconi tells former ally to back him / Early Italian election draws closer http://www.europeansources.info/record/berlusconi-tells-former-ally-to-back-him-early-italian-election-draws-closer/

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