Italy: Roman Tragedy: Populists on the Rise. Europe loses and Putin benefits

The tightened skin tightens on the face, the bleached teeth shine white.

Italy: Roman Tragedy: Populists on the Rise. Europe loses and Putin benefits

The tightened skin tightens on the face, the bleached teeth shine white. He pats the young lover's hand. Silvio Berlusconi may be an old man, but he still has the power – at least the power to hatch a plot that will shake Europe. The 85-year-old received the conspirators in his villa on the Via Appia Antica in Rome. For two days. He talked and laughed, sinking deep into the cushions of a chair, giving a little attention here and there.

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