GUARDIAN
After passing harsh new E40bn...4-year austerity measures...PM Berlusconi's Freedom Party went ahead and watered down proposed MP pay cuts...currently e66k...after taxes.
They also have many more benefits...that went untouched!
A union leader there said: "The government and opposition have teamed up to protect privileges unequaled in Europe."
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