Italian court rejects Berlusconi immunity / Berlusconi hits out at court ruling

Article reports that Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right government was plunged on the 7 October 2009 into its deepest crisis since coming to office 18 months earlier when Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled that a law passed by parliament giving the prime minister immunity from prosecution was unconstitutional.

The verdict could reopen corruption trials against him.

BBC News, 8.10.09: Defiant Berlusconi vows to fight http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8296448.stm

ANSA, 8.10.09: Immunity row rumbles on http://wwww.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2009/10/08/visualizza_new.html_985835183.html

ESO: Background information: Italian PM under siege by more allegations http://www.europeansources.info/record/italian-pm-under-siege-by-more-allegations/

BBC News, 7.10.09: Berlusconi immunity 'overturned' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8295716.stm

Deutsche Welle, 6.10.09: Italian law shielding political elite under review http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4761588,00.html

France24, 7.10.09: Top court throws out Berlusconi immunity law http://www.france24.com/en/20091007-top-court-rejects-silvio-berlusconi-immunity-law-constitutional-justice-legal-procedings

ANSA, 7.10.09: Immunity law struck down http://wwww.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2009/10/07/visualizza_new.html_985770078.html

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