Sunday, 25. August 2013
Topic: POLITIK - on August 25, 2013 at 12:18:00 PM CEST
Berlusconi's party says his removal from parliament is 'unthinkable'
Silvio Berlusconi's center-right party said on Saturday that removing the former prime minister from parliament over a tax fraud conviction would be unacceptable and "unthinkable", escalating its row with center-left coalition allies.
Angelino Alfano, secretary of Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) warned Prime Minister Enrico Letta this week that the party could bring down the government if the center-left Democratic Party (PD) voted to throw Berlusconi out, something PD members have repeatedly said they will do.
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