23 May 2011

ITALY: Berlusconi Plays The Race Card In Milano's Mayoral; Warns Of "Gypsytown."

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   PM Silvio Berlusconi hates to lose.
   He apparently will do anything to ensure his candidate's victory in Milano's mayoral run-off.
   So he has trotted out the race card...warning that Milano would be turned into "Gypsytown" if his candidate, incumbent Mayor Letizia Moratti, is defeated.
   "Milan cannot turn into an Islamic city, a zingaropoli [Gypsytown] full of Roma camps, besieged by foreigners to whom the left wants to give the right to vote," Berlusconi posted on his website.
   Immigration is a big issue in Italy now as thousands of migrants arrive from upheavals in North Africa.
   Moratti must win another round after being beaten in the first vote last week.