The Italian prime minister has been accused of bribing poor voters in the southern city of Naples.
Former interior minister and city mayor Rosa Russo Jervolino said earlier this week that Mr Berlusconi "had bought votes with 30 euro", according to Spanish press reports.
It is alleged that supporters of Mr Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition, the House of Freedoms, offered the money in return for a vote for his ally Gianfranco Fini.
It is not clear if the allegations relate t...
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