Berlusconi victory comes at a price

Following successes in regional elections, March 2010, Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s centre-right Prime Minister, has promised political and economic reform in his government’s remaining three years in office.

ESO: Background information: Italy’s regional polls to test Berlusconi http://www.europeansources.info/record/italys-regional-polls-to-test-berlusconi/

IMF: Italy: 2010 Article IV Consultation Concluding Statement of the Mission, 30.3.10 http://www.imf.org/external/np/ms/2010/033010.htm

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