Berlusconi has groomed no political successor, putting increasing pressure on his children to step into his shoes. Marina Berlusconi, the 47-year-old chairwoman of his Fininvest holding company, showed signs of dropping her longstanding refusal to consider a future in politics in an interview in the Corriere della Sera newspaper. ‘I have great respect for politics which I follow with great attention, but my place is in the company,’ she said.
‘Having said that, you can never rule anything out in life. So it’s like that today. Tomorrow, if it happened, politics, who knows?’ Italian media have also repeatedly reported that Berlusconi’s 29-year-old daughter Barbara is willing to take up a political career.
Berlusconi, convicted last year of a massive tax fraud scheme at his Mediaset television empire, is due to begin community service at a home catering for people with Alzheimer’s Disease on 9 May, the director of the centre said on Wednesday. As his sentence begins, questions are mounting over his ability to lead Italy’s centre-right and the future of his Forza Italia party, which splintered last year.
‘Having said that, you can never rule anything out in life. So it’s like that today. Tomorrow, if it happened, politics, who knows?’ Italian media have also repeatedly reported that Berlusconi’s 29-year-old daughter Barbara is willing to take up a political career.
Berlusconi, convicted last year of a massive tax fraud scheme at his Mediaset television empire, is due to begin community service at a home catering for people with Alzheimer’s Disease on 9 May, the director of the centre said on Wednesday. As his sentence begins, questions are mounting over his ability to lead Italy’s centre-right and the future of his Forza Italia party, which splintered last year.