The short but still complicated version is that Italy is the midst of hotly contested national elections , and many of these protesters are aligned to the Refounded Communists , which is aligned to the center-left coalition challenging Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi .
Silvio Berlusconi /people/person/nationality Italy
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Italy
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