This is why it pays to establish your own micro-party in Italian politics.
And this is when Berlusconi is at his best. It’s not quite the LBJ treatment, but I imagine it’s almost as effective.
So Berlusconi and Fini have fallen out, and the Popolo della Libertà has split.
Berlusconi wants Fini to leave the post of President of the Chamber of Deputies, but, as I mentioned before, there are no provisions for no-confidencing the President of the Chamber.
Berlusconi’s allies are giving the example of Sandro Pertini, who offered his resignation [...]
Gianfranco Fini has been caught saying things about Berlusconi that Berlusconi doesn’t like. (Let’s leave aside for the moment the question of whether Fini’s comments were correct and/or inflammatory).
Berlusconi, according to the usual unnamed sources, wants Fini to be punished, even to the point of requiring him to step down as President of the Chamber [...]