Berlusconi stands in way of Italy’s ‘half-goat, half-stag’ government

Berlusconi stands in way of Italy’s ‘half-goat, half-stag’ government

© Alberto Pizzoli, AFP | Allies, but for how long? Silvio Berlusconi (left) has urged the League’s Matteo Salvini (right) not to quit their centre-right alliance and join forces with the anti-establishment Five-Star Movement. With his legacy of sleaze, cronyism and corruption, former tycoon PM Silvio Berlusconi has emerged as one of several hurdles to the formation of a governing coalition between his League allies and the anti-establishment Five-Star Movement.

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