He's back: Italy's Berlusconi wins Senate seat after tax ban 
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Silvio Berlusconi, leader of center-right, populist Forza Italia is flanked by his partner Marta Fascina, after casting his ballot at a polling station in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in Milan, Italy.
AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File) ROME (AP) — Just in time to celebrate his 86th birthday, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making his return to Italy’s parliament, winning a seat in the Senate nearly a decade after being banned from holding public office over a tax fraud conviction.
His third and last premiership had ended abruptly in 2011, when financial markets lost confidence that the billionaire media magnate could manage Italy’s finances during Europe’s sovereign debt crisis.
“Forza Italia proved decisive for the success of the center-right and the formation of the next government,” Berlusconi enthused in a tweet. “
“The troops were supposed to enter, reach Kyiv within a week, replace Zelensky’s government with decent people and then leave,” Berlusconi told his favorite late-night talk show host.
“As long as Silvio Berlusconi lives, Forza Italia lives.
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This government is gonna be a shitshow isn't it?
On the plus side, they guarantee a steady stream of mobkino for the next few decades
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Nah, probably won't change shit. I mean Italy is always mainly a shit show anyway, but this won't be much more of a shit show except for some internal drama (Meloni already said she doesn't want to govern with Russophile Salvini, leader of her main allied party)
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Yeah, well, maybe if you actually knew anything about the situation, you'd realize that this could be a very good thing for Italy. But
@bbbb guess you're just too ignorant too see that.
TRANS LIVES MATTER
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Its Italy what the frick are they going to do make them work more than an hour a day and mandate that they take a shower once a week.
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