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Can anyone beat Berlusconi to the Italian presidency?

Can Berlusconi become Italy’s next president?

15 January 2022

9:00 AM

15 January 2022

9:00 AM

Silvio ‘Bunga Bunga’ Berlusconi was a populist before the word became all the rage. An almost comically divisive figure, he makes spectacular off-the-cuff remarks which thrill his supporters and leave his enemies apoplectic. He called Barack Obama ‘tanned’. He advised a teenage girl that her best bet in life was to ‘marry a rich man’, and once said it is ‘better to stare at pretty girls than be gay’.

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