Italy’s Berlusconi Faces Major Test
By STACY MEICHTRY ROME—Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces what may be the biggest test of his 16 years in politics on Tuesday, when the Italian Parliament is due to vote on whether to send his conservative government packing and possibly usher in early elections, just as Europe struggles through major fiscal turmoil. Reuters Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sits at the Senate in Rome on Monday. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi warns of crisis, one day before a no confidence motion in parliament that could force him from power. Video courtesy of Reuters. The no-confidence motion in the lower house of Parliament, where Mr. Berlusconi’s majority is in doubt, is viewed…
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