Berlusconi facing defeat in Milan power base
Facing three corruption trials and a lurid sex scandal, Berlusconi, the dominant figure in Italian politics for nearly two decades, suffered a drubbing in last week’s first round.
An uninspired centre-left easily held on to power in Turin and Bologna and the setbacks have unleashed divisions in the ruling alliance, with Berlusconi’s allies in the Northern League particularly alarmed at the prospect of losing Milan.
