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4/22/10

Berlusconi and Fini go for each other’s throats

A public clash of operatic proportions in Italy threatens to undermine the government.
Conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his main coalition partner went at it with a vengeance at a conference of their PDL party in Rome.

The gloves came off when Gianfranco Fini, a co-founder of the ruling Party of Freedom criticised Berlusconi’s leadership. Fini is now speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.

He accused the media mogul premier of giving too much power to the pro-autonomy Northern League, and of stifling internal party debate. When Berlusconi spoke against Fini, Fini hurled back: “What are you saying? Are you going to kick me out?”

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