Mussolini's heirs merge with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party

telegraph.co.uk
Mar. 23, 2009
A party founded by the political heirs of Benito Mussolini has merged with the party of Silvio Berlusconi the prime minister consolidating the position of Italy's centreRight.
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