So, Italiano, what do you make of the news that Berlusconi's back in power?
Media Mogul Berlusconi To Take Over As Italian Prime Minister
Italian media mogul Silvio Berlusconi won Monday's parliamentary elections in Italy, returning him to the post of prime minister two years after he was toppled by reformist Romano Prodi, who had accused him of using the post to silence critics on state-run broadcaster RAI and to boost his own media empire. Berlusconi controls Italy's largest commercial broadcasting group Mediaset. His other media interests include the film studio Medusa and the Mondadori publishing company. (His principal opponent in the recent elections, former Rome mayor Walter Veltroni, also has media connections. He is a cofounder of the Rome Film Festival and his friends include several Hollywood stars.) In a telephone call to an RAI talk show, Berlusconi asked Veltroni to join him in pushing through needed reforms. "We are always open to working together with the opposition," he said.