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Article: New Italian Premier Defends `Post-Fascists' in Government
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- June 17, 1994
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BONN, Germany Silvio Berlusconi, in his first trip as Italy's
prime minister, sought on Thursday to deflect criticism of the
"post-fascists" in his government by saying there's no place for
intolerance in Italy.
The newly elected Italian leader has been criticized in Europe
for the makeup of his government, which includes five members of a
party descended from followers of Benito Mussolini, the wartime ally
of Adolf Hitler.
Berlusconi stressed his country's commitment to democracy.
"Intolerance, war and anti-Semitism belong to the past," he said at a
brief appearance with Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany.
Later, Berlusconi said all five Cabinet members from the
right-wing National ...