AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
The Rise and Fall of Berlusconi; Is Italy's flamboyant leader going down in flames?(Cover story)
Byline: Christopher Dickey (With Jacopo Barigazzi in Milan, Eric Pape in Paris, Barbie Nadeau In Rome and Friso Endt In The Hague)
The lights were set up, the camera was ready. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stood in front of the Italian and European Union flags, ready for a portrait, but he stopped for a second to chat with an American reporter. "You know," he said, practicing a line he would use before a joint session of the U.S. Congress a few days later. "When I see the American flag, I don't see just a symbol of a country, I see a symbol of freedom and democracy." He smiled, satisfied. "And that European flag?" the reporter asked. Berlusconi ...
- Berlusconi raises 'core Europe' idea.
- News wire article from: UPI Energy Resources September 21, 2009 700+ words
...Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, observers say. Berlusconi made the comments last week...Monday. The publication quoted Berlusconi as telling Italian state broadcaster...the current functioning of Europe to create a core of states...
- Berlusconi's Italy.(Europe)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Elegant, Robert October 1, 2004 700+ words
...century. The coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi has lasted for three years. Unremarkable...Instability, nonetheless, remains acute. Berlusconi was elected because many Italians expected...regarding his own interests, Silvio Berlusconi has been spectacularly triumphant in...
- Unfit to lead Europe; Silvio Berlusconi.(Italy's forthcoming EU presidency)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) May 10, 2003 700+ words
...Politically, Europe is split. Economically...minister, Silvio Berlusconi? Our answer is...years ago, when Mr Berlusconi was campaigning...justice. If Mr Berlusconi is indeed the victim...having him speak for Europe.
- Dream on; Italy; Silvio Berlusconi's Italian dream.(Europe)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 31, 2001 700+ words
...Most of them like the idea of Silvio Berlusconi, a self-made billionaire, running their country. Mr Berlusconi's Forza Italia (Let's go, Italy...buoys the left is their bete noire, Mr Berlusconi. But this could backfire. A party...
- Europe braces for Berlusconi crisis.
- News wire article from: United Press International May 6, 2001 700+ words
...merits of an integrated Europe. Berlusconi's two key political...Italy, and he blames Europe's liberal code of human rights. Berlusconi had to plead with Bossi...increasingly assertive Europe. Berlusconi, who says he hopes to...
- Tutti frutti; Italy's new government.(Europe)(Silvio Berlusconi forms a strong...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) June 16, 2001 700+ words
...inter pares. Not this time. Silvio Berlusconi is plainly the boss, with a cabinet...manoeuvring from the wings. Last time Mr Berlusconi was in power-in 1994, briefly-the...those with briefs in areas outside Mr Berlusconi's own range of experience: Renato...
- Danish politicians plan Council of Europe committee to investigate...
- Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report July 3, 2003 700+ words
...politicians plan Council of Europe committee to investigate Berlusconi(C)1994-2003 M2...Union president Silvio Berlusconi. According to the...delegation in the Council of Europe, Hanne Severinsen, the fact that Berlusconi passed a law exempting...
- Europe should give Berlusconi benefit of doubt.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) May 20, 2001 700+ words
...importance is the personality of Silvio Berlusconi himself. It is not proven that Mafia...almost always right, the EU should give Berlusconi the benefit of the doubt for now. From...July's G-8 summit in Genoa. Silvio Berlusconi will be in Genoa armed with an advantage...
