Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks onstage during the final mayoral campaign rally for Rome's Mayor Gianni Alemanno at the Colosseum in Rome May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
ROME (Reuters) - Centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday that Italy's new government, which requires his party's support, must take economic decisions as it sees fit, regardless of the opinion of its European partners.
Berlusconi's People of Freedom party (PDL) is pushing Prime Minister Enrico Letta, who took office in April at the head of a broad left-right coalition, to cut taxes and pay less attention to the consequences for public finances.
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