Berlusconi's wife criticized her husband for "shameless ahineyu."

The wife of the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, Veronica Lario called her husband's idea to put the candidates to the European Parliament from Italy in the popular media of young women "shameless nonsense." Reported The Times.
Veronica Lario believes that these actions Berlusconi has "immoderation in a demonstration of his power" and an affront to "the dignity of the female population." As the number of candidates in European Parliament including former beauty queen and TV Italy Barbara Matera.
According to Berlusconi, his wife became a victim of the media, managed by the left, which disseminate "unfounded allegations" that he picked up the role of candidates in European Parliament representatives of show business. The emergence of zheschin in the list of candidates from his party's "People of Freedom" Prime explained the need to submit from the "educated and cultural people," which differ from the "smelly and gaud dressed members of parliament from several other parties." But he stressed that the idea belonged to members of the People of Freedom ", not him.
In 2007, Berlusconi was forced to bring his wife a public apology for the words he former model and party variete Mare Karfani (Mara Carfagna), in which he argued that if a single, then promptly got married to her. Nevertheless, a year later, Mara Karfanya was among the candidates for election to the federal authorities from Italy, Berlusconi's party, then he was appointed Minister for Equal Opportunities.
As of June 2008 the European Parliament, which has 732 delegates, was represented by 72 parliamentarians from Italy. In addition to representatives of major non-party affiliates of the delegates in the European Parliament is divided into seven factions - from the communists and socialists to conservatives and nationalists. In their home countries, parliamentarians are members of some 160 different parties. Elections to the European Parliament will be held from 4 to 7 June 2009.