Berlusconi's Coalition on Verge of Collapse

[Kellanved]

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a fight to keep his ruling coalition together after a junior party leader became the latest to challenge the media mogul's record.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was dragged further into the battle to stay in power on Monday as further utterances of mutiny within his coalition surfaced over his conflict of interests, his attempt to take personal control of the national finances, and plans for government reform.

Marco Follini, the leader of the Democratic Union of the Center (UDC) became the latest party leader of his three coalition partners to speak of abandoning the coalition by saying his party would leave the coalition unless a new economics minister was named by Wednesday.

Berlusconi has been filling the role himself since Giulio Tremonti resigned on July 3 and has indicated he intends to carry on until the end of the year.
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http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1433_A_1265994_1_A,00.html

[rooboy]

1. Watch out Silvio... you'll be hanging by the heels before Christmas... n/t

[CWebster]

2. Crash and burn

with the whole criminal coalition.

[saigon68]

3. Good News

Let the little Turd swim in the bowl, as the flushing action sends him down the Sewer !!!

LOL

[mom cat]

7. Followed by the other turds:

Bush :hurts:

Blair :hurts:

and the rest of the neocon cabal :hurts:

[Octafish]

6. Apt imagery.

Mussolini wasn't that bad, says Berlusconi

John Hooper in Rome
Friday September 12, 2003
The Guardian

Even some of Silvio Berlusconi's own supporters and allies were last night squirming with embarrassment at their leader's latest extraordinary gaffe.

In an interview published yesterday by the Spectator, Italy's prime minister appeared to defend the actions of his country's fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.

"Mussolini never killed anyone," the magazine quoted him saying. "Mussolini sent people on holiday to confine them ."

Italy's fascist leader ordered the brutal 1935-36 occupation of Ethiopia, led Italy into the second world war and headed a Nazi puppet government which rounded up and dispatched Italian Jews to Hitler's concentration camps.

CONTINUED...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1040340,00.html

Such a nice NAZI.

[Dhalgren]

4. Can't happen too soon!

And good riddance! Kick the son of a bitch out into the street!

[louis c]

5. As someone with 100% Italian- American heritage

I am ashamed of the Italian Government of Silvio Berlusconi.

He should lose his power, be indicted and convicted, spend the rest of his life in jail, and then rot in hell for all eternity.

[glitch]

9. One reason why I love italians - very thorough curses - thanks for the LOL

Of course there are many other reasons to love you guys!

[markses]

8. We don't need no water let the mutherfucker....

Too bad, so sad.

Time for a national strike to force the hand of the UDC.

Ciao Silvio.

Ma che facia de criminale.

[prolesunited]

10. Hopefully, this is a sign

that people will stand up to fascism.

Just because the corporate media says all is well with your country and the public loves you doesn't necessarily mean its true.