Forza Italia boss Silvio set the tone Berlusconi who announced his candidacy for a Senate seat on Friday. The 85-year-old is currently a Member of the European Parliament.
Distributed in a duel for the favor of the electorate Berlusconi already campaign sweets. He promised to double the minimum monthly pension from 500 to 1,000 euros if his Forza Italia, in alliance with its partners Lega and Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy – FdI), won the early parliamentary elections on September 25th.
Early parliamentary elections are “not a tragedy,” said Berlusconi in a TV interview with his TV channel “Canale 5”. He said he was convinced that a centre-right cabinet would govern Italy after the elections. “Our government will be made up of high-profile individuals who will work with competence and honesty,” he said Berlusconi. According to a survey, the strongest party in the centre-right alliance is the right-wing party “Fratelli d’Italia” with 22 percent of the vote. Berlusconi The party currently has to be content with around eight percent of the votes. According to the survey, the Lega received around 17 percent of the votes.
The media mogul was Italy’s prime minister four times between 1994 and 2011. He is the only prime minister who was able to remain in the saddle for a full five-year legislative period as prime minister. His fourth government fell in 2011 following a series of sex scandals and conviction Berlusconi for tax fraud.
Source: Nachrichten
