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29 August 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:14am

Italy’s politics are broken

Weakness on the left allows Silvio Berlusconi — and even worse — to prosper.

By Ben Fox

While political debate in Britain is dominated by assessments of the regressive coalition Budget and the Labour leadership election, it is easy to forget what is going on in our European neighbour countries.

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