Berlusconi faces his first real test

The British daily comments on Silvio Berlusconi's efforts to tackle the rubbish debacle in Naples: "The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, faces the first real test of his new government after his demand for a speedy end to Naples's interminable rubbish wars was greeted at the weekend with violent clashes and a call to arms by residents of the areas chosen for new dumps. ... Mr Berlusconi chose the battle, flying down to Naples for his first cabinet meeting last week and telling ministers that the rubbish crisis must be addressed. ... But one man's zone of strategic interest is another man's back yard."

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