Italy prepares for post-Berlusconi era

With opinion polls in the autumn of 2010 confirming that Silvio Berlusconi’s fractured government is losing its grip, party leaders are gearing up for possible elections in the spring of 2011 that could finally bring the curtain down on the billionaire prime minister’s long domination of Italian politics.

ESO: Background information: Hopes rise over end to Italy paralysis / Berlusconi survives vote, but dependant on rebels http://www.europeansources.info/record/hopes-rise-over-end-to-italy-paralysis-berlusconi-survives-vote-but-dependant-on-rebels/

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