Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi has suffered the gravest electoral rout of his political life this week, with his centre-right coalition losing power in 11 regions from the far north of the peninsula to the heel of the boot.

Berlusconi suffers local election wipeout
By Peter Popham in Rome
The Independent
06 April 2005

Fratelli d'Italia, l'Italia s'e' desta (Brothers of Italy, Italy woke up)
from the Italian Anthem 'Fratelli d'Italia' (Lyrics by Goffredo Mameli)