Berlusconi hopes for leadership return
“I’m returning sadly to public service,” Berlusconi, whose colourful premiership came to an end last year, told reporters on the sidelines of the practice field at his AC Milan football club in a broadcast by his 24-hour television news channel TGCOM24.
“And again, I’m doing it out of a sense of responsibility.”
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Hide AdBerlusconi announced he would run in his sixth national election just two days after his People of Liberty party withdrew support for Mario Monti’s government, bringing the country close to a snap election a few months short of the natural end of the legislature.
He had previously hinted that after a brief period out the limelight, he was anxious to make a return to frontline politics.