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> How can you have a president like that Did people really think that Berlusconi was the president of Italy?
by credit_guy 1y ago
> How can you have a president like that
Did people really think that Berlusconi was the president of Italy?
- Ylpertnodi 1y agoMainly the people that voted for him.
- moralestapia 1y agoWasn't he? Unless you mean president !== primer minister, but that would be such a futile remark in this context.
- credit_guy 1y agoThat's exactly what I meant. A lot of people in the US don't follow politics in Europe, but those who do are unlikely to think Berlusconi was a president when he was actually a prime minister.
- scotty79 1y agoPrime ministers in Europe have functions of US Presidents. Equivalent of European presidents I think is missing in the US.
- thinkindie 1y agoPrime ministers in Italy are also called Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri, therefore technically yes. He was holding the executive power, and although Italy is a parliamentary republic, most of the laws are driven by the Government.