Berlusconi haunting Europe once more

The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi plans to run for election again in 2013, the parliamentary party leader of Berlusconi's PdL party, Fabrizio Cicchito, has said on Thursday, confirming reports in the media. The scandal-plagued ex-prime minister's new bid for office is a frightening prospect for Europe, writes the left-liberal daily La Repubblica: "Europe has received the news of Berlusconi's return to politics a little incredulously, but above all with great concern, almost as if an old spectre it believed it had ridden itself of for good had returned. … Berlusconi's resignation was seen by Europe as a decisive step towards saving the country and the Monetary Union. There is silence now at the official level but the announcement of Berlusconi's candidature confirms the worst fears many heads of government had already expressed in confidence about the credibility and endurance of the country [in its battle against the crisis] in the post-Monti era."

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