Berlusconi seeks Naples trophy in local polls / Berlusconi coalition reels after Milan poll

Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition was reeling on the 16 May 2011 from sweeping losses at local elections in Italy including, most markedly, a defeat in the Prime Minister’s homebase of Milan. Early indications showed the centre-right coalition had also lost in at least another 14 cities in northern Italy. A second round of voting would take place two weeks later.

ESO: Background information: Berlusconi set on seeing out term in office http://www.europeansources.info/record/berlusconi-set-on-seeing-out-term-in-office/

Corriere della Sera, 17.5.11: Local election humiliation for Berlusconi (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/658071-local-election-humiliation-berlusconi

BBC News, 17.5.11: Italy's Silvio Berlusconi suffers election setback http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13432295

Deutsche Welle, 17.5.11: Berlusconi suffers major electoral setback in hometown Milan http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15082239,00.html

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