In the constantly shifting sands of Italian coalition politics, one man more than most knows Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and warns that Italy faces a shift to the right and five more wasted years if he returns to power in April's elections.
Pier Ferdinando Casini, leader of a small Catholic party, had been an ally and even potential successor to the 71-year-old billionaire businessman for 14 years, but their political divorce in February has led to some bitter recriminations.
"Certain characteristics he always had are now worse," Mr Casini says in an interview with the FT, accusing Mr Berlusconi, a two-time former prime minister, of "regression not evolution" and adding: "With age they worsen instead of improving."
Casini Warms Italy of Shift to Right
Guy Dinmore
Financial Times
30Mar2008
http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto033020082124466261
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