Alfano turns on his master in bid to lead Italy's right


  • World
  • Thursday, 03 Oct 2013

ROME (Reuters) - Angelino Alfano may have changed the future of Italian politics by leading the internal party revolt that thwarted Silvio Berlusconi's attempt to bring down the country's coalition government.

Few thought he had it in him. The 42-year-old former Christian Democrat from Sicily was considered so loyal to Berlusconi that his name had become almost a by-word for subservience.

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