Wednesday, 11. September 2013
Topic: POLITIK - on September 11, 2013 at 3:07:00 PM CEST
Italian lawmakers delay showdown over Berlusconi
Italian lawmakers on Tuesday pulled back from a showdown over the political future of Silvio Berlusconi after allies of the billionaire media tycoon threatened to bring down Prime Minister Enrico Letta's unstable ruling coalition.
A meeting of a cross-party Senate committee charged with deciding whether Berlusconi should be barred from the Senate following a conviction for tax fraud ended without holding a vote, easing political tensions at least for the time being.
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