Italian ex-prime minister Berlusconi calls for a new party
{{date|November 29, 2007}}
[[Image:Silvio Berlusconi shakes hands with Bush.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Berlusconi in a recent meeting with US President George W. Bush.]]
Italian opposition leader and ex-prime minister [[w:Silvio Berlusconi|Silvio Berlusconi]] declared the former alliance known as [[w:House of Freedoms|Casa Delle Libertà]] (CDL), or ''House of Freedoms'' an "ectoplasm", and called for the creation of a new party, the [[w:Italian People's Party for Freedom|Partito del popolo della Libertà]] or ''Italian People's Party for Freedom''. 

He stated last Sunday (25 November), after suddenly disbanding the [[w:Forza Italia|Forza Italia]] party a week previously, that this new party will be composed mainly of ex-Forza Italia voters and will take up to 37% of votes. Berlusconi tried to defeat Prime Minister [[w:Romano Prodi|Romano Prodi]] in the parliament recently, on the Finanziaria, or budget bill, but failed.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.unita.it/view.asp?IDcontent=70881
|title=Berlusconi affossa la Cdl: «Era un ectoplasma»
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|date=November 25, 2007}} {{languageicon|it|Italian}}
*{{source|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/07_novembre_25/berlusconi_373da37e-9b4a-11dc-8d30-0003ba99c53b.shtml |title='La Cdl ormai era un ectoplasma'
|author=|pub=Corriere della sera|date=November 25, 2007}} {{languageicon|it|Italian}}

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[[it:Politica: Silvio Berlusconi fonda il "Partito del Popolo Italiano"]]
Berlusconi in a recent meeting with US President George W. Bush.
Italian opposition leader and ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi declared the former alliance known as Casa Delle Libertà (CDL), or House of Freedoms an "ectoplasm", and called for the creation of a new party, the Partito del popolo della Libertà or Italian People's Party for Freedom. 

He stated last Sunday (25 November), after suddenly disbanding the Forza Italia party a week previously, that this new party will be composed mainly of ex-Forza Italia voters and will take up to 37% of votes. Berlusconi tried to defeat Prime Minister Romano Prodi in the parliament recently, on the Finanziaria, or budget bill, but failed.

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