Last updated:Â 24 july, 2009 - 16:28 GMT
Silvio Berlusconi: Italy's only option?
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has faced allegations of wild parties, illicit liaisons, and his wife is seeking a divorce for what she claims is an improper relationship with a young lingerie model.
None of these seem to have dented his popularity.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Dan Damon spoke to Lucio Malan, an Italian senator in Silvio Berlusconi's party, and Bill Emmott, a former editor of the Economist which famously had a cover story in 2001 entitled "Why Silvio Berlusconi is unfit to lead Italy".
Dan began by asking Bill Emmott what it said about Italy that Silvio Berlusconi is still popular.
First broadcast 24 July 2009
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