Commission President Romano Prodi has come under fire as he stands accused of interfering with Italian politics.
It all began late Monday night (10 November), when Mr Prodi issued a 50-page manifesto urging parties of the centre-left to run under a single banner in next June's European Parliament elections.
This move has been described as "irresponsible" and "unacceptable" by the Christian Democrat Leader in the European Parliament Hans-Gert Poettering, to which the Premier Silvio...
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