Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi defended Italian fascist leader, Benito Mussolini as he spoke at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony. Other than passing ‘racial laws’ the Italian dictator “did good” in many ways, he said, provoking outrage. Berlusconi, currently the leader of the center-right People of Freedom party, didn’t think twice as he defended one of the key figures of fascism on... 

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has announced he is going to resign as he has lost support in the country’s parliament hours after former Premier Silvio Berlusconi said he would run again for head of government. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano’s office issued a statement on Saturday, announcing the prime minister’s resignation, saying Monti “does not think it possible to continue... 

The conservative/anti-immigration People of Freedom party 29 seats, while it’s coalition ally the far-right secessionist League of the North took 8. The centrist UDC took 5 seats. A group of leftists parties had joined forces to create the new Italian Democrtic Party. This party hoped to ride the wave of world-wide media vilification of the Italian People of Freedom. Despite a months long international...