Italy's former leader, Silvio Berlusconi, will join forces with the Northern League party in next month's elections, but does not want to be Prime Minister again.
Speaking on Italian radio on Monday (7 January), he said the new alliance was clinched in talks in the small hours of the morning.
He used the Latin phrase "Habeas Papam," or "We have a Pope," in reference to Vatican election customs, but added that if the coalition wins, he will put forward his PDL party's secretary, A...
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