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Italian prime minister has brought political stability, but not economic growth. What can she accomplish before facing voters in 2027?
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Mark Gilbert rehabilitates Alcide De Gasperi as one of 20th-century Europe’s key political leaders
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Former Italian prime minister and media tycoon, who died this year, bought up some 25,000 paintings. Now no one knows what to do with them
Silvio Berlusconi heirs weigh up fate of his mostly worthless art collection
Former Italian PM amassed the 25,000 works in the final years of his life, buying the majority from late-night shopping channels
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Former US president’s personal power-grab plan, assisted by a pliable judiciary, involves an all-out assault on the separation of powers
Silvio Berlusconi is dead, but his cynical legacy of bluster and histrionics lives on
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Berlusconi’s political stand-up comedy routine was hugely influential but the joke isn’t funny any more
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Silvio Berlusconi obituary: Brilliant at winning power, lethal at wielding it
He dominated the public life of his country in a way no Italian had done since Benito Mussolini
Italy bids farewell to Berlusconi on contested day of mourning
Decision by government to have a national day of mourning sparks protest from opposition politicians
Silvio Berlusconi may be gone but Trump’s still here – the rotten populist legacy is everywhere
Berlusconi’s political style combined extreme personality politics, a skillful use of visual media and an unashamed demagogy
Italy prepares to bid farewell to Berlusconi with grand funeral
Scandal-prone billionaire to be buried after state funeral in Milan
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