The elections in Italy

Hans Raucher is appalled that Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel wished Silvio Berlusconi "all the best, dear Silvio" in the election campaign. "Berlusconi is a bad European because he doesn't care about Europe but is only out for his own interests. If he is re-elected, it will be a disaster for Italy, which is already tottering on the edge of democracy, and also for Europe because it would set a bad example. What could possibly have induced Schüssel to give this dangerous charlatan such a warm-hearted recommendation in the election campaign? It's all the more shocking if you take into account that most other Christian Democratic parties are giving Berlusconi the cold shoulder in view of the fact that his rival Romano Prodi is an upright left-wing Catholic who's succeeded in repairing Italy's finances and getting the country ready for the euro."

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