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"These judges are doubly mad. Firstly, politically and secondly they are just mad. To to that job you have to you have to be mentally disturbed, you have to have psychological problems. If they do that work it is because they are anthropologically different from the rest of humanity."

Silvio Berlusconi in an interview given August 27

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"Silvio Berlusconi's ruling coalition yesterday [September 16] approved a package of constitutional reforms that will increase the prime minister's powers. The changes proposed by the cabinet would enable the premier to dissolve parliament, a power presently held by Italy's president, and appoint or sack ministers. [Also], coalition parties will be barred from leaving the government between elections. The intention is to prevent a minor ruling party being able to trigger a change of government by switching sides, as happened in 1994, when Mr Berlusconi's first Centre-Right coalition fell after seven months in power."

Telegraph news story