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...press considers the victory of Silvio Berlusconi and his Forza Italia as one of the right wing ((ITALY, April 11)). But his party is located more at the political center than anywhere else. It has been supported by those of us who long for reforms and look forward to federalism. To Americans, we might be defined as liberals on the other side of the Atlantic...
...wingers following Italy's election of a majority conservative coalition to the Parliament was dampened as party officials bickered over who would govern. By week's end, however, two parties in the alliance had reached an agreement endorsing constitutional changes that could lead to media tycoon and populist leader Silvio Berlusconi's becoming Prime Minister...
...long as Il Cavaliere's armor retains its luster, he will enjoy a mandate for his vision of change. Monday night, while he reaffirmed his promise to deliver a "new Italian miracle," supporters careered through the streets of Rome blasting their car horns and crying "Silvio! Silvio!" It was display of jubilation not seen since the giddy summer of 1990, when soccer-mad Italy seemed on the brink of its fourth World Cup title. That dream, of course, was dashed when the home team lost to Argentina in the semifinals -- a useful lesson to draw on the evanescence of miracles...
...fractious right-wing coalition won Italy's national parliamentary elections. Led by billionaire Silvio Berlusconi, the Freedom Alliance won a strong majority of 366 seats in Parliament's lower house and a plurality of 155 seats in the Senate. Included in the victorious coalition is the neo-Fascist National Alliance, whose leaders still revere the memory of the dictator Benito Mussolini...
...Silvio Berlusconi sweeps the election lists...