Italian Politics

Yesterday, an opinion poll In Italy suggested that Italy’s next election could be won by an ally of Silvio Berlusconi, the Northern League, manned by Umberto Bossi. Berlusconi made his mark, and his money, as a property speculator in Milan before rising with Bettino Craxi’s socialist party and using his new found connections to create a series of successful television stations. His business is now drowning in debt and this casts suspicions onto his reasons behind entering the political field.