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Foreign media coverage of Berlusconi - from La Repubblica online

Coverage of our work on Berlusconi by Italian newspaper, La Repubblica Satira di Bbc e Letterman show"Silvio è fissato con il sesso" CRISTINA NADOTTI http://www.repubblica.it/2009/08/sezioni/politica/berlusconi-divorzio-21/bbc-letterman/bbc-letterman.html?ref=search LONDRA - Come se "Il meglio di Zelig" dedicasse un terzo della puntata a Gordon Brown. Giovedì sera a "Mock the week" su Bbc2, uno degli show di satira politica più popolari in Gran Bretagna, il bersaglio delle battute serrate dei sei comici è stato Silvio Berlusconi, dipinto come un prosseneta che non si lascia sfuggire nessuna occasione per proporre donnine ai suoi colleghi. Del resto che il Cavaliere sia ormai il bersaglio della satira politica ovunque lo conferma la citazione fatta dallo statunitense David Letterman nella puntata del 19 agosto. Il popolarissimo show americano è cominciato con la voce fuori campo che annunciava: "Il primo ministro italiano fissato con il sesso: ...
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How Italy fell for Berlusconi

Stefano Fella and Carlo Ruzza examine why the increasingly controversial Italian leader remains so popular in his country , Tribune, London, 14 August 2009 http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2009/08/17/how-italy-fell-for-berlusconi/ Since his wife filed for divorce in May, accusing of him of “consorting with minors” and being in need of medical help (after reports that he had turned up at the 18th birthday party of a young lady – the nature of his relationship with whom is rather unclear), the revelations about Silvio Berlusconi’s private life have snowballed. One woman, Patrizia D’Addario, alleged she was paid to attend a party at his holiday residence. She later claimed to have had sex with him, backing up her allegations with recordings of conversations she had with the Prime Minister and media mogul. These covered a variety of topics including his sexual performance, advice from Berlusconi on how to keep herself satisfied sexually and promises of support for planning permission for ...
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No we can’t - Italy fails to change for the better

While in the long term the consolidation of the two party blocs seen in the April 2008 elections may bring greater stability to the Italian political system (and bring the nature of party competition closer to that found elsewhere in European democracies), in the short term the prospects for coherent and responsible government in Italy are poor. I do not agree that the outcome of the election is a good one for Italy. If anything, it is close to the worst possibe result. The right-wing parties have a clear mandate to govern Italy for the next 5 years and, as they showed between 2001 and 2006, they know how to maintain 'just enough unity' to ensure they maintain their grip in power (something the centre-left has yet to learn). While the centre-left has made some progress in forming a forming a coherent political bloc, in the form of the 'Democratic party' - as reflected also in their decision to run separately from the radical left/green parties, the centre-right leadersh...
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