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伊 Berlusconi, aged 85, returns to Parliament after overcoming ‘Scandal Maker’ stigma

The senator is likely… “I will be the next government player”

Former Prime Minister Berlusconi waving to supporters

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(Rome = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Chang-yong = Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (85), who is a former media tycoon and is always in the middle of scandals, has been revived in a great way.

Forward Italy (FI), led by former Prime Minister Berlusconi, formed a right-wing coalition with Italian brothers Giorza Meloni (Fdl) and Matteo Salvini’s alliance (Lega) and won the early general election in Italy on the 25th (local time). .

I was elected senator for the Monza district. The Italian news agency ANSA reported on the 26th that former Prime Minister Berlusconi won the Senate with more than 50% of the vote.

It is the first time in nine years since he was removed from his seat as a senator after being found guilty of tax evasion in 2013.

Monza, a city in Lombardy, northern Italy, is the home of former Prime Minister Berlusconi as owner of a professional football team.

Monza, which was in the third division of Italian professional football in 2018, was promoted to the first division last season.

The local media portrayed former Prime Minister Berlusconi as immortal, returning to Parliament after nine years.

Berlusconi is said to be most likely to take over as Senate chairman in the new parliament, which begins on October 13.

Berlusconi served as prime minister three times between 1994 and 2011 after turning from Italy’s leading tycoon with a construction and media company to a politician.

In 2011, he was ousted as prime minister amid allegations of sexual harassment with minors and Italy’s financial crisis.

Originally, he was not allowed to hold any public office until 2019, but in May 2018, a court in Milan granted his request for reinstatement and the shackles were lifted.

After his return, former Prime Minister Berlusconi ran for president in January this year, but abandoned the candidacy due to a lack of support from the left.

At the time, Berlusconi’s political career seemed to be over, but he returned to the forefront of politics in a great way through this early general election.

As if mocking the evaluation of a defunct politician, Berlusconi opened a ‘TikTok’ account earlier this month and uploaded a video to create a topic for himself.

With these videos, Berlusconi gained 600,000 followers in a month. One video has more than 1 million views.

Berlusconi, the next leader of the regime, said he would be the father of Meloni and Salvini.

He promised to raise a pro-European voice within the next government, as if he were aware of the concerns of the international community about the emergence of a far right regime.

After voting on the 25th, he said, “I will try to play a role as a playmaker in the government.”

changyong@yna.co.kr

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