Cosa Nostra had achieved nothing. The alleged pact with the Mafia fell apart in 2002. Postponement of date and secret ballot. On 18 November 2007, after claiming the collection of more than 7 million signatures (including that of Umberto Bossi) demanding that the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano call a fresh election,[65] Berlusconi announced from the running board of a car in a crowded Piazza San Babila in Milan[66] that Forza Italia would soon merge or transform into The People of Freedom party, also known as the PdL (Il Popolo della Libertà). Berlusconism (Italian: Berlusconismo) is a term used in the Western media and by a few Italian analysts to describe the political positions of Berlusconi. The Court of Cassation subsequently validated the voting procedures and determined that the election process was constitutional. [331], Simone Furlan, the creator of the Freedom Army said in an interview: "There comes a time in life, when you realize that fighting for an ideal is no longer a choice but an obligation. [29], In April 2017, Berlusconi appeared in a video promoting a vegetarian Easter campaign. We did, and how! Berlusconi's influence over RAI became evident when in Sofia, Bulgaria he expressed his views on journalists Enzo Biagi and Michele Santoro,[260] and comedian Daniele Luttazzi. In 2007, the court case at first-instance had not yet been launched, and the prosecutors dropped the (A) charges against Berlusconi due to the statute of limitations, and for the same reason the (B) charges were narrowed down to the 1994–98 period, in which the prosecutor charged Berlusconi for having committed a personal tax evasion of €7.3 million. Another alleged victim, Giorgia Iafrate, also decided not to be a party to the case. Berlusconi launched a massive campaign of electoral advertisements on his three TV networks, and preparing his top advertising salesmen with seminars and screen tests, of whom 50 were subsequently elected despite an absence legislative experience. A key point demanded by the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (and to a lesser extent by National Alliance) for their continued support was that the strong focus on tax reduction be reduced. [45], In June 2013, Berlusconi announced the refoundation of his first party Forza Italia. Berlusconi and his government quarrelled with the Italian judiciary often. [110] In 2001, Berlusconi ran again, as leader of the right-wing coalition House of Freedoms (Italian: La Casa delle Libertà), which included the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, the Lega Nord, the National Alliance and other parties. Later that day, LN leader Maroni confirmed his party will not support Berlusconi being appointed as Prime Minister in the case of an electoral win. The fact that this coincided with severe cuts being made to the country's arts budget provoked a strong reaction from the public. [373][374] In February 2010, she was selected as one of the candidates representing Berlusconi's The People of Freedom party, despite her lack of any political experience, and was seated on the Regional Council of Lombardy the following month. In 2010, Palermo's appeals court cut the sentence to seven years but fully confirmed Dell'Utri's role as a link between Berlusconi and the Mafia until 1992. Marcello Dell'Utri even stated that the Mafia did not exist at all. In 2004, Dell'Utri, co-founder of Forza Italia, was sentenced to nine years by a Palermo court on charge of "external association to the Mafia",[284][285] a sentence describing Dell'Utri as a mediator between the economic interests of Berlusconi and members of the criminal organisation. [205], The fast-track trial opened on 6 April and was adjourned until 31 May. The Economist has also claimed that the Italian Prime Minister is corrupt and self-serving. But for some years, Berlusconi's three channels remained in a legal limbo, and were not allowed to broadcast news and political commentary. Dell'Utri was the intermediary, according to Spatuzza. This situation was also the result of the new "diabolic" electoral system. Illegal immigrants without valid identity documents, are taken to detention centers, set up by the Turco-Napolitano law, in order to be identified. Ergo: adesso voglio lo stesso tenore di vita. He attributed the widespread failure to recognise these achievements to a campaign of mystification and vilification in the print media, asserting that 85% of newspapers were opposed to him. [228], On 10 September, at the second day of the Senate deliberations, the Democratic Party stated they intended to vote down all three PDL submitted motions to delay the Senate deliberations, and accused PDL of obstructing the work of the Senate committee by playing delaying tactics. On 7 November, during a convention in Bastia Umbra, Fini asked Berlusconi to step down from his post of Prime Minister and proposed a new government including the Union of the Centre (UdC). His career was racked with controversies and trials; amongst these was his failure to honour his promise to sell his personal assets in Mediaset, the largest television broadcaster in Italy, in order to dispel any perceived conflicts of interest. [82][83][84][85] It was soon clear that FLI would leave the PdL and become an independent party. However such coverage of the complaint in practice put under discussion the point of the complaint itself. A marzo-aprile sarebbe morto. [315][316], On 6 November 2008, two days after Barack Obama was elected the first black US president, Berlusconi referred to Obama as "young, handsome and even tanned":[317][318][319] On 26 March 2009 he said "I'm paler [than Mr. Obama], because it's been so long since I went sunbathing. Berlusconi's career as an entrepreneur is also often questioned by his detractors. [101] As he arrived at the presidential residence, a hostile crowd gathered with banners insulting Berlusconi and throwing coins at the car. ", "Now the Czechs Have an Oligarch Problem, Too", "Silvio Berlusconi faces fourth trial on wiretap charges", "Berlusconi sentenced to 1 year jail in wiretap trial", "Berlusconi wiretap charge timed out, says court", "Unipol: the regulation saves Silvio Berlusconi from a new judgment", "Berlusconi indagato a Napoli per compravendita di senatori", "Compravendita senatori, Berlusconi e Lavitola rinviati a giudizio", "Compravendita senatori, Berlusconi a processo a Napoli", "Rossi 'offered bribe' to join Berlusconi", "Reg. He was often found guilty in lower courts but used loopholes in Italy's legal system to evade incarceration. [385], On 1 March 2019, the Moroccan model Imane Fadil, who was one of the main witnesses in the process, died in strange circumstances, allegedly killed by radioactive poisoning.[386][387][388]. [382], On 24 June 2013, Berlusconi was found guilty of paying for sex with an underage prostitute and of abusing his office. Silvio Berlusconi (/ ˌ b ɛər l ʊ ˈ s k oʊ n i / BAIR-luu-SKOH-nee; Italian: [ˈsilvjo berluˈskoːni] (); born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. Secondo un’articolo di Repubblica di qualche anno fa, Berlusconi avrebbe guadagnano, dal 1994 a oggi, 400.000 euro al giorno. Berlusconi was not required to serve the standard one-year stint in the Italian army which was compulsory at the time. However, when Gaddafi faced a civil war in 2011, Italy imposed a freeze on some Libyan assets linked to him and his family, pursuant to a United Nations-sponsored regime[157] and then bombed the country with the violation of Libya of the No-Fly Zone. [16][17][18] In general, critics address his performance as a politician, and the ethics of his government practices in relation to his business holdings. su G.U. Berlusconi created the first and only Italian commercial TV empire. In the 315-member Senate of the Republic, Berlusconi's coalition won 174 seats to Veltroni's 134. Particularly painful was the loss of Milan, Berlusconi's hometown and party stronghold. 1954. Responding to a female journalist who asked him if this tenfold increase in patrolling soldiers would be enough to secure Italian women from being raped, he said: "We could not field a big enough force to avoid this risk [of rape]. [262] Mediaset, one of Berlusconi's companies, sued RAI over Guzzanti's program, demanding 20 million euros for "damages"; in November 2003 the show was cancelled by the president of RAI, Lucia Annunziata. In June 2011, The Economist published a strong article dealing with Mr. Berlusconi, titled "The man who screwed an entire country".[278]. [91] The appointment of 40-year-old Alfano, a former Christian Democrat and later leader of Forza Italia in Sicily, was unanimously decided by the party executive. Berlusconi capitalised on discontent over the nation's stagnating economy and the unpopularity of Prodi's government. In November 2007, Italy's state-owned energy company Eni signed an agreement with Russian state-owned Gazprom to build the South Stream pipeline. [222] On 1 August 2013, the Court of Cassation (final appeal) confirmed the sentence of 4 years, of which the last three years are automatically pardoned. Oltre questa pioggia di denaro, sono rimasti nelle case, come ancora di sicurezza, ben 1,4 miliardi di liquidità, pronti ad essere distribuiti ai soci in ogni momento. [111], In April 2013, Berlusconi's People of Freedom announced his support of the government of Enrico Letta, together with the Democratic Party and the centrist Civic Choice, of former Prime Minister Mario Monti. In una diretta social con Enock e Francesco, Elisabetta Gregoraci si è mostrata decisamente contenta per un evento accaduto al Gf Vip: cos’è successo? They did not find evidence to corroborate Cancemi's allegations. [313] In 2008 Berlusconi criticised the composition of the Council of Ministers of the Spanish Government as being too 'pink' by virtue of the fact that it had (once the President of the Council, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is counted) an equal number of men and women. Berlusconi rapidly rose to the forefront of Italian politics in January 1994. [357] Dino Boffo has always declared the details of the proceedings to be false, although he has not denied the basic premise. To this general rule you add the special residence permits and those in the application of the right to asylum. [266], Enrico Mentana, the news anchor long seen as a guarantor of Canale 5's independence, walked out in April 2008, saying that he no longer felt "at home in a group that seems like an electoral campaign committee". Premetto che queste sono informazioni facilmente reperibili in Internet, di alcune le TV hanno parlato di altre hanno solo accennato. [305] Berlusconi's list also included the claim that Italy had "fewer communists, and those who are still here deny having been one". Berlusconi and his co-defendants were also ordered to pay a 10 million euro fine and were banned from holding public office for three years. Anche lei ha frequentato il Villoresi a Monza e poi si è trasferita a New York per studiare alla St. John University. [189] On 31 March 2014, the Milan Court of Appeal ruled that whilst the evidence did not clear Paolo and Silvio Berlusconi from guilt, they were both acquitted due to the statutes of limitations, although a €80,000 compensatory award to Fassino was upheld. If the illegal immigrant ships dock on Italian soil, the identification of those entitled to political asylum and the supply of medical treatment and care is undertaken by the marine police force. [212] According to the court's published summary of the judgement, Berlusconi was acquitted from the extortion charges (abuse of power) because "the fact does not exist" and from the child prostitution charge because "the fact is not a crime". [203][204], In February 2011, Berlusconi was charged with paying for sex with nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug (also known by the stage name Ruby Rubacuori) between February and May 2010, when she was one year below the legal 18 years age-limit for providing sexual services. [47][48] His leadership was also undermined by sex scandals.[49]. [clarification needed] Forza Italia's support was also reduced from 29.5% to 21.0% (in the 1999 European elections Forza Italia had 25.2%). Nel bene e nel male, ha catalizzato la vita politica. Il che ne faceva uno degli uomini più ricchi del mondo e uno dei tre più ricchi d’Italia. Governo Berlusconi può riferirsi a quattro governi della Repubblica Italiana guidati da Silvio Berlusconi: . Subsequently, the PdL was supporting the government of Enrico Letta, together with the Democratic Party and the centrist Civic Choice of former Prime Minister Mario Monti. According to the authors, this would be an explanation of why the Left, despite having won the 1996 elections, did not pass a law to solve the conflicts of interest between media ownership and politics. [44] Berlusconi's Centre-right coalition gained 29% of votes, ranking second, after the centre-left coalition Italy Common Good led by Pier Luigi Bersani. This incident caused a brief cooling of Italy's relationship with Germany. La Repubblica, for example, sustained that Berlusconi passed 17 different laws which have advantaged himself. [291] The Graviano brothers allegedly dealt directly with Berlusconi through the businessman Gianni Letta, somewhere between September/October 1993. He is nicknamed Il Cavaliere (The Knight) for his Order of Merit for Labour, although he voluntarily resigned from this order in March 2014. Ovviamente saranno solo quelli da lui dichiarati, noi non possiamo sapete se possiede o meno soldi a "nero", ovvero non dichiarati, e se li possedesse a quanto corrisponderebbero. Supporters emphasize his leadership skills and charismatic power, his fiscal policy based on tax reduction, and his ability to maintain strong and close foreign relations with both the United States and Russia. Berlusconi described the COVID-19 as "the most dangerous and frightening experience of his lifetime". [312], In the run-up to the 2008 Italian general election, Berlusconi was accused of sexism for saying that female politicians from the right were "more beautiful" and that "the left has no taste, even when it comes to women".