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Article: Italians voice growing dismay with their flashy prime minister; Berlusconi loses ground over public gaffes and laws that protect his business interests.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 11, 2003
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Byline: Cheryl Heckler Special to The Christian Science Monitor
FUCECCHIO, ITALY -- At the popular Bar Malvolti in this Tuscan city, customers confirm what last month's regional and local elections demonstrated: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is losing ground with moderates and liberals who helped elect him.
While patrons talk of the need for pension reform, economic stimulus, immigration, and health care, the image of Berlusconi's first two years in office is increasingly centered on dismay over legislation aimed at protecting the media mogul's business interests - not to mention insults he made as the new head of the European Union that sent ...